LeCun pushes back on singularity claims: not every point on an exponential is one
rao2z · x · 2026-10-18
Yann LeCun pushed back on Jack Clark's suggestion that the singularity has essentially arrived, replying "It really has not" and warning against being fooled — "unless you get fooled into thinking that every point on an exponential curve is a singularity."
ra2z of Google DeepMind quipped that the singularity might be real if you view it as the one-two month run-up to an IPO.
Related event: Anthropic's Jack Clark Says the Singularity Has Begun; LeCun Pushes Back(6 posts)→
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