Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun is a renowned computer scientist and a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly in machine learning and computer vision. As the Chief AI Scientist at Meta (formerly Facebook), he has been instrumental in advancing deep learning techniques that have significantly impacted various AI applications. In addition to his role at Meta, LeCun serves as a professor at New York University, where he contributes to both academia and industry in shaping the future of AI technologies.
Born on Jul 08, 1963 (62 years old)
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Countries Mentioned
| Country | Mentions | Sentiment | Dominance | + Persistence | x Population | = Reach | x GDP (millions) | = Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 5.00 | 0.07% | +0% | 38,137 | 28 | $6,900 | 5$ |
| United States | 1 | 5.00 | 0.03% | +0% | 331,002,651 | 104,154 | $21,000,000 | 6,608$ |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6.00 | 0.04% | +0% | 67,886,011 | 24,124 | $2,700,000 | 959$ |
| Totals | 3 | 398,926,799 | 128,306 | $23,706,900 | 7,572$ |
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.
Recent Mentions
United Kingdom:
Yann LeCun, a fellow 'AI godfather', dismissed the fear expressed by Geoffrey Hinton regarding powerful AI systems.
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United States:
Yann LeCun stated that most tasks for most jobs can’t be automated.
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Liechtenstein:
Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta and supported Kamala Harris's presidential campaign.
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Italy:
Yann LeCun is a Turing Award winner and considered one of the fathers of artificial intelligence.
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Thailand:
Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at Meta, stated that World Models will usher in a new era of robotics.
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Liechtenstein:
Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta and a pioneer of neural networks.
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Switzerland:
Yann LeCun is skeptical about the future forms of AI and has expressed his disdain for the term 'general AI'.
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Ghana:
Yann LeCun won the Turing Award for groundbreaking research on deep learning alongside Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton.
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United Kingdom:
Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and shared the 2018 Turing award with Yoshua Bengio.
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Liechtenstein:
Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, has dreamed of creating AGI since childhood but does not believe it is close.
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