Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun: The Path Toward Human-Level Intelligence in AI

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 29 December 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 What are the current limitations of AI? What advancements do we need to achieve human-like intelligence? And how can we develop AI safely to align with our values? Here today to offer us an astounding look behind the scenes of AI development is Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun! Yann is a pioneer in AI and a Turing Award winner who has been at the forefront of major breakthroughs in machine learning and neural networks. As the architect behind transformative AI technologies, Yann joins us to demystify the path toward human-level intelligence and the challenges that lie ahead. He also introduces the Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA), a potential game-changer for enabling AI to model and predict complex real-world scenarios. Tune in for a look into the future of AI! — Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:11 Is AI barely as smart as a cat? 00:08:50 Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) 00:30:25 Comparing self-supervised learning and dark matter 00:39:23 AGI and human-level intelligence 00:51:50 Preventing loss of control over powerful AI 01:02:45 Future of AI and education 01:10:56 What was Yann wrong about? 01:12:14 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Yann LeCun: 📱 Website: https://yann.lecun.com/ ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/ylecun ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Into the Impossible. Today we're going to dive deep into the frontier of artificial intelligence with a pioneer, Jan Lacoon.
0:08.4	Jan only answers to one man at Meta. That's right, the Zuck. Today we'll find out what makes Zuck tick, and along the way we'll explore Jan's controversial claims.
0:18.7	Jan is a visionary and the motivating force behind new architectures like Jepa,
0:22.6	a self-supervised AI approach that builds explicit mental models of the world,
0:27.6	reduces output of randomness, and opens new frontiers for understanding,
0:31.6	predicting, and solving complex challenges in physics, education, and healthcare.
0:35.6	It may just transform the way we learn and teach.
0:38.3	So join us for a mind-expanding conversation on advanced machine intelligence and the nature of intelligence itself.
0:46.3	We'll push the boundaries and explore the evolving role of educators in an AI-driven future,
0:51.3	and will even explore the financial incentives for AI that drive a lot of the profit margins at places like meta.
0:58.7	Now let's jump into this conversation with Yan the Mon behind the Metaverse.
1:06.8	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1:15.5	Open the pod bay doors, hell.
1:18.0	Hey, Meta, who is Jan Lacoon?
1:20.4	Jan Lecun, welcome to the Into the Impossible podcast.
1:24.6	Pleasure to be here.
1:25.6	These are my favorite piece of technology.
1:27.3	In fact, it's my favorite piece of technology.
1:33.0	In fact, it's my second version of these, and I've actually used them with a real CIA spy to kind of diagnose how these are the ultimate spy tools.
1:36.3	So you are to be commended on these devices.
1:39.9	I actually had an Apple Vision Pro, which is kind of a trick to buy in a public university professor's salary, but I returned it, so I returned it within the Apple return window.
1:49.9	I'm not my third pair of the rebands. I had the first version, and then the second version, which I killed because I was selling and flipped and they went underwater.
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