Both Meta and xAI have had significant developments in their AI pursuits. Meta recently released a large language model called LLaMA 3 and is integrating similar technologies into its social apps. Meanwhile, xAI announced a $6 billion fundraise as Musk promises to build “artificial general intelligence.” The public disagreement between LeCun and Musk, two influential figures in AI, underscores the ongoing debates shaping the future of AI technology.
Key takeaways:
- Over the Memorial Day weekend, a public feud occurred between Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and xAI, on X.com (formerly Twitter), exposing key issues in the field of artificial intelligence.
- LeCun, a pioneer of deep learning and convolutional neural networks, emphasized the importance of sharing scientific research and knowledge for technological progress, while Musk dismissed the significance of scientific publishing.
- Despite Musk's claim that Tesla doesn't use convolutional neural networks much anymore, LeCun questioned how Tesla could do real-time camera image understanding without them.
- Both Meta and xAI have had significant developments in their AI pursuits, with Meta releasing a large language model called LLaMA 3 and xAI announcing a $6 billion fundraise for building 'artificial general intelligence'.