"Yann LeCun is clear on his life goals - and being a leader is not one of them. "I can do management, but I don't like doing it," Meta's former chief AI scientist said in an interview with MIT Technology Review published on Thursday. "I kind of hated being a director," he said about his time at Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR), a leading AI research lab he founded. "I am not good at this career management thing. I'm much more visionary and a scientist.""
"His new startup, AMI Labs, focuses on building world models - a type of AI that closely reflects the real world. The Paris-based startup will work on open source solutions and be among the few frontier AI labs that he said are "neither Chinese nor American." LeCun said that he would take on the role of executive chairman, while Alex LeBrun, his former colleague from Meta AI, will be the company's CEO."
Yann LeCun left Meta after 12 years to launch AMI Labs, a Paris-based startup focused on building world models and producing open-source AI solutions. LeCun assumes the role of executive chairman while Alex LeBrun becomes CEO, and LeCun will continue teaching at NYU. LeCun expresses a strong preference for visionary research over management, stating discomfort with director-level career management duties. LeCun also criticizes some Meta leadership decisions, including the disbanding of FAIR's robotics team, and questions the research experience and approach of Alexandr Wang following Meta's investment in Scale AI.
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