Yann LeCun, VP and Chief AI Scientist at Meta
- Yann is the Chief AI Scientist for Facebook AI Research (FAIR).
- He is also a Silver Professor at New York University on a part-time basis, mainly affiliated with the NYU Center for Data Science, and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
Podcast
Overview
From early inspirations to groundbreaking AI achievements, Yann’s journey chronicles the rise of deep learning, the struggles for recognition, and the revolution that changed computing forever.
00:09- About Yann LeCun
- Yann is the Chief AI Scientist for Facebook AI Research (FAIR).
- He is also a Silver Professor at New York University on a part-time basis, mainly affiliated with the NYU Center for Data Science, and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
32:09- Is this recognition a result of your long-lasting impact on computing science?
- Early AI pioneers influenced the field but took different approaches.
- Neural networks were dismissed for decades before resurging.
- The recognition reflects a long journey of persistence and impact.
59:52- Is the Cosmos model based on your architecture?
- Partially inspired, but not identical.
- Different approaches exist for world models.
- Predicting at the pixel level is debated.
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- Yann is the Chief AI Scientist for Facebook AI Research (FAIR).
- He is also a Silver Professor at New York University on a part-time basis, mainly affiliated with the NYU Center for Data Science, and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
