Yann LeCun: AGI 'is not going to happen in the next 2 years' as AI still trails animal intelligence
haider1 · x · 2026-10-03
Turing Award winner and Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun pushed back on near-term AGI hype: despite everything AI can do today, he says we remain far from matching human and animal intelligence. 'It's not just around the corner — it's not going to happen in the next 2 years.' His go-to example: your cat understands the physical world better than today's most powerful AI systems.
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