Yann LeCun: there's 'no way in hell' scaling LLMs alone leads to AGI
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-26
Yann LeCun doubles down on his skepticism: scaling LLMs alone will never reach human-level intelligence or AGI. He calls the idea of "a country of geniuses in a data center" complete BS — today's systems may feel like a PhD sitting next to you, but they're systems with gigantic memory and retrieval ability, not ones that can invent solutions to new problems.
Related event: LeCun Reiterates Scaling LLMs Alone Will Never Reach AGI(8 posts)→
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