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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 7.33 | 0.23% | +0% | 60,461,826 | 136,791 | $2,000,000 | 4,525$ |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6.00 | 0.08% | +0% | 8,654,622 | 7,025 | $700,000 | 568$ |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 9.00 | 0.09% | +0% | 38,137 | 36 | $6,900 | 6$ |
| Totals | 5 | 69,154,585 | 143,852 | $2,706,900 | 5,099$ |
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.
Recent Mentions
Liechtenstein:
Yann LeCun is a prominent figure in deep learning and is associated with Meta.
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Italy:
Yann LeCun is one of the recipients of the Turing Prize in 2019 alongside Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton.
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Italy:
Yann LeCun is a key researcher in AI who, along with Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, won the Turing Award.
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Italy:
Yann LeCun is recognized as one of the three fathers of artificial intelligence, along with Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio.
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Switzerland:
Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta and discussed the benefits of open AI models.
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Australia:
Yann LeCun helped develop ways for neural networks to learn from mistakes.
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Switzerland:
Yann LeCun considers scenarios of humanity's end as 'absurdly ridiculous'.
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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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