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LeCun, who's been saying LLMs are a dead end for years, is finally putting his money where his mouth is. Watch for LeCun to raise an absolutely massive VC round
by llamasushi 10mo ago
LeCun, who's been saying LLMs are a dead end for years, is finally putting his money where his mouth is. Watch for LeCun to raise an absolutely massive VC round.
- conradfr 10mo agoSo not his money ;)
- qwertox 10mo agoBut his responsability.
- zwnow 10mo agoWhat is responsibility if you can afford good lawyers?
- qwertox 10mo agoSo you mean that Mark Zuckerberg has always been a peer to YLC in terms of responsibility towards Meta's shareholders?
- zwnow 10mo agoI mean any entity that can afford good lawyers seems to not care about responsibility in the slightest.
- warkdarrior 10mo agoIs this a generic, throwaway comment or do you have specific examples of Yann LeCun using lawyers to evade responsibility for his work/actions?
- zwnow 10mo agoIt obviously is a generic comment targeting any entity with enough money to afford good lawyers.
- coldpie 10mo agoPretty funny post. He won't be held responsible for any failures. Worst case scenario for this guy is he hires a bunch of people, the company folds some time later, his employees take the responsibility by getting fired, and he sails into the sunset on several yachts.
- modeless 10mo agoHe is 65, and certainly rich enough to retire many times over. He's not doing this to scam money out of VCs. He wants to prove his ideas work.
- coldpie 10mo agoSo he's not using his own money, and he has enough personal wealth that there is no impact to him if the company fails. It's just another rich guy enjoying his toys. Good on him, I hope he has fun, but the responsibility for failure will be held by his employees, not him.
- daveguy 10mo agoLeCun's net worth is estimated between 5-10 million. Just for payroll of 10 AI researchers at 300k/yr would cost over $3 million per year. And his wealth probably isn't fully liquid. Given payroll + compute he would be bankrupt in a year. Of course he's not using just his own money. However, I expect he will be a major investor. Most founders prefer to maintain some control.
- IncreasePosts 10mo agoHe's been leading a large, important organization at Meta for 13 years. The stock has 10x'd in that time. He's almost certainly worth way more than that. Those random google sites that talk about net worth have no real idea what they're guessing at and are more akin to clickbait
- daveguy 10mo ago
- seydor 10mo agolike openAI and all other AI startups?
- JamesSwift 10mo agoPutting VCs money into food where his mouth is*
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