Yann LeCun, Meta AI boss sounded off on the industry-wide state of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing during a recent event to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the founding of Meta’s Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) team, stated Cointelegraph.
“ By not any time soon, I mean clearly not in the next 5 years, contrary to a number of folks in the AI industry. Yes, I’m skeptical of quantum computing, particularly when it comes to its application to AI,” Yann LeCun explained.
Sources revealed that LeCun’s views on the imminence of so-called human-level AI are well-documented. He’s long maintained that we’ll need to achieve “dog-” and “cat-” level AI before the field advances enough to support human-level AI. It is believed that he’s so far been able to give predictions on when those early milestones will happen.
Another area LeCun is believed to touch during the event was quantum computing. Unlike competitors Google and Microsoft, Meta has strayed relatively far from the quantum computing race, Cointelegraph concluded.
(With insights from Cointelegraph)
