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

So the direction of inevitable direction of history is that the vast majority of AI systems will be built on top of open source platforms.

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

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