LeCun's ECCV slides spark debate: LLMs are an off-ramp for human-level AI, but maybe not ASI
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-14
Reacting to Yann LeCun's ECCV presentation slides, the author concedes 'Yann is just right': if the goal is human-level AI—precisely reproducing human sample efficiency, generalization, and lifelong learning—LLMs are an off-ramp, not the road. He adds the goal itself is 'somewhat confused,' but the calculus flips for ASI, where replicating human cognition isn't the target.
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