Hot Take: Meta Dropping JEPA for an Agent Wrapper Will Be Seen as Its Biggest Mistake
tekbog · x · 2026-09-27
The author argues that Meta abandoning JEPA and world-models research in pursuit of an agent wrapper will be remembered as the company's biggest technological mistake — and that Yann LeCun will ultimately be vindicated for his world-model bet.
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