LeCun mocks AI doomers: real-world systems have inertia and friction
ylecun · x · 2026-08-24
Yann LeCun quote-tweeted a joke about "Sudden Clarity Sam", arguing that real-world dynamics equations come with inertia and friction terms—especially for large systems like human societies. He took the chance to mock singularitarians, AI doomers, the "AGI-is-near" crowd, and other "SV cultists" for ignoring these properties of real systems.
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