Yann LeCun: AI Industry is 'LLM-Pilled,' Reveals Why He Quit Meta

• Yann LeCun, former chief scientist of MetaAI and "Godfather of AI," criticizes the AI industry for being "LLM-pilled."
• He warns of a tech and talent war among giants, with engineers focused on the same LLM approach, hindering innovation.
• LeCun left Meta because the company also became "LLM-pilled," despite his belief that LLMs alone are insufficient for superintelligence.
• He advocates for predictive "world models" that allow AI systems to foresee consequences of actions, similar to human planning.
• LeCun emphasizes that true agentic systems require the ability to predict outcomes, which LLMs currently lack.

Why It Matters: Yann LeCun criticizes the AI industry's over-reliance on LLMs, advocating for predictive world models for true AI.