Comment by Yann LeCun

I don't like the phrase AGI. I prefer human-level intelligence because human intelligence is not general. Internally, we call this AMI-advanced machine intelligence. We have a pretty good plan on how to get there. First, we are building systems that understand the physical world-which learn by watching videos. Second, we need LLMs (large language models) to have persistent memory. Humans have a special structure in the brain that stores our working memory, our long-term memory, factual, episodic memory. We don't have that in LLMs. And the third most important thing is the ability to plan and reason.
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AI Verified The provided Economic Times URL contains this text verbatim in two consecutive quoted paragraphs, and both paragraphs are explicitly attributed to Yann LeCun (“said LeCun”). The page is dated Oct. 24, 2024, matching the stored date, and the stored author, source URL, and quote text match the source. ([economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ai-needs-decade-to-reach-human-like-smarts-says-pioneer/articleshow/114517050.cms)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 16d ago
Disputed The Economic Times article dated October 24, 2024 does attribute these remarks to Yann LeCun, but the submitted passage is not strictly verbatim as printed there: ET presents it as two separate quoted paragraphs and inserts a parenthetical after “LLMs” (“large language models”). TIME independently corroborates the attribution and the same core points about rejecting “AGI,” saying human intelligence is not general, and emphasizing world understanding, memory, reasoning, and planning. ([economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ai-needs-decade-to-reach-human-like-smarts-says-pioneer/articleshow/114517050.cms?from=mdr)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified: This matches Yann LeCun's well-documented views from late 2024 interviews. The Economic Times URL was blocked by WebFetch, but multiple corroborating sources confirm: (1) he dislikes "AGI" and prefers "AMI/advanced machine intelligence" - he literally went on to found a startup called AMI Labs in 2026; (2) his three-pillar agenda of world models from video, persistent memory, and planning/reasoning is his standard talking points (e.g., Columbia, FT, TIME interviews). The vote "for" Build AGI aligns with LeCun's active work toward human-level intelligence, even if he prefers different terminology. Year 2024 is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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