Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Makes the Case for Open Source

Kara Swisher interviews Yann LeCun, Meta's Chief AI Scientist, about the future of AI, Meta's role in the AI landscape, and the debate around AI regulation. LeCun discusses his outspoken views on politics and tech figures like Elon Musk, defending his right to express them. He explains Meta's commitment to open-source AI through LLAMA and PyTorch, contrasting it with the closed models of OpenAI and Google. LeCun addresses concerns about AI safety and misinformation, arguing for open platforms and distributed training to ensure diverse perspectives and counter the dominance of a few companies. He also touches on the progress needed for AGI, emphasizing the importance of sensory input and interaction with the physical world, and explains why he disagrees with those, like Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, who are calling for immediate, strict AI regulation.