Modern AI's 'Godfather' Predicts Another

Modern AI's 'Godfather' Predicts Another Revolution in the Next Five Years
• Yann LeCun cites AI's limitations and potential for development
     ⁃ Modern AI systems are too limited to make home robots or fully autonomous cars.
     ⁃ New breakthroughs are needed for AI systems to understand and interact with the physical world.
     ⁃ Another AI revolution is likely to occur in the next three to five years.
          ◦ "There are still many scientific and technical challenges ahead, and due to the limitations of the current system, it is very likely that another AI revolution will take place in the next three to five years." (Yann LeCun)
          ◦ "Ultimately, to build something like a home robot or a fully self-driving car, the system needs to understand the real world." (Yann LeCun)
     ⁃ Currently, AI technology is good at "language manipulation" but not good at understanding the physical world. Creating systems that are as smart as cats and mice is also a big achievement.

• Emphasis on AI safety issues and the need for international cooperation
     ⁃ Yoshua Bengio emphasizes the need for further research to ensure the safety of AI.
          ◦ "I want world leaders to better understand the scale of what we are doing. The power we are creating can be used in a good or dangerous direction, and that power comes with risks." (Yoshua Bengio)
     ⁃ Arguing that the issue should be addressed at the International AI Summit in Paris.

• 2025 Queen Elizabeth Engineering Award
     ⁃ Seven engineers, including Yann LeCun, Joshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, Jensen Huang, and Bill Dally, were awarded the £500,000 Queen Elizabeth Engineering Award for services to machine learning.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/04/ai-godfather-predicts-another-revolution-in-the-tech-in-next-five-years?fbclid=IwY2xjawIP42VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUthBkMmipfuL4Cl2Hud7_qpa4pUPIERUhtuzJj9e9Q24ZXnMAMVV6uVfg_aem_K_Q2glFWBBZpnN6-YAnsNw