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Chief AI Scientist, Meta · Mar 7, 2024 · Interview, Lex Fridman Podcast #416

I’ve been hearing people for the last 12, 15 years claiming that AGI is just around the corner and being systematically wrong.

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Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist, Meta
Where
Lex Fridman Podcast #416
Topics
AGI
Company
Meta
Source
lexfridman.com/yann-lecun-3-transcript/

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