Yann LeCun: We Won’t Reach AGI By Scaling Up LLMS



In this Big Technology Podcast clip, Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun explains why bigger models and more data alone can’t cross the gap to true intelligence—and what will move the field forward. We dig in on timelines, infrastructure bets, and whether another “AI winter” is looming.

What’s inside

Why today’s LLMs top out at PhD-like recall, not real invention

Meta’s push to serve 1 billion AI users—and the massive compute that takes

The enterprise reality check: cost, hallucinations, and proof-of-concept purgatory

Lessons from IBM Watson and 1980s expert systems

Four missing pieces for human-level AI: common-sense physics, persistent memory, reasoning, and planning

Why the breakthrough will be gradual and open, not a secret “AGI button”

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