Meta's Dr. Yann LeCun Envisions AI's Future at IIT Delhi Panel Discussion

In a panel discussion at IIT Delhi on October 24, Dr. Yann LeCun, Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist at Meta, took part.

Dr. Yann discussed his outlook on the future of artificial intelligence and how it would interact with human skills. Dr. Yann emphasized the importance of rethinking AI architectures, the benefits of open-source, and India's distinct potential in the AI space at the panel discussion titled "From Neural Mimics to Smart Assistants – A Journey into AI's Next Frontiers."

IIT Delhi Director Prof. Rangan Banerjee welcomed Dr. Yann and discussed the Institute's efforts in human-AI interface research as well as the Centre for Healthcare, a partnership between IIT Delhi, AIIMS, and the Government of India that aims to advance healthcare through AI. Dr. Yann called for creative designs that go beyond large language models (LLMs) and questioned the existing methods of AI development. He maintained that real human-like intelligence cannot be attained with the AI paradigms currently in use.

"The current paradigm alone will not get us to that point; we need essentially new architectures like objective-driven architecture," he stated.

In response to questions regarding the safety of AI, he downplayed worries about intelligent systems taking over from people. The goal of AI, he said, is to empower. According to him, "I think the future of AI is a future where everyone will be walking around with a digital assistant, like smart glasses." He added in jest, "It will be like having three intelligent people working for you."

He stated: "The training of the big models is to be distributed," in reference to India's contribution to the creation of AI. Given its size and the diversity of its cultures and value systems, India has a significant role to play in this.