▲ 216 ▼ Yann LeCun says xAI is "kind of a failure" – and the whole AI industry might be headed for a reset (www.techspot.com) submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago* (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eleijeep@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) He worked there for 12 years and left just over 1 year ago. It has been abundantly apparent what kind of company Facebook/Meta is for a very long time and he has no excuse. Fuck him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) It's not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. Given a good salary i'd work for them. For this guy his time at meta prolly enabled him to be more public with a rather anti corpo position. I can understand that move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago Their leadership actually made substantial contribution to enabling the Rohingya genocide. Sure they weren't the ones burning families alive in their houses. But IMO knowingly focusing on avoiding and limiting responsibility instead of immediately working on resolving the role of FB in the Rohingya genocide, has a level of equivalency. This is just one example. There are many others spanning a range of areas in including fraud enablement, user harm Btw, I am not saying I would judge everyone who works at FB. Although I feel there would be few exceptions for anyone in a somewhat senior position or above (be it an a technical or business type position). permalink fedilink source parent [–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago It’s not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ https://systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-facebook-contributed-to-genocide-in-myanmar-and-why-it-will-not-be-held-accountable/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Past bad judgement is not an indicator of current good judgement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Apologies. I thought it was clear from context. Here are some examples of his bad judgement: “one of the "Godfathers of AI … who previously served as Meta’s chief AI scientist” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) He worked there for 12 years and left just over 1 year ago. It has been abundantly apparent what kind of company Facebook/Meta is for a very long time and he has no excuse. Fuck him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) It's not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. Given a good salary i'd work for them. For this guy his time at meta prolly enabled him to be more public with a rather anti corpo position. I can understand that move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago Their leadership actually made substantial contribution to enabling the Rohingya genocide. Sure they weren't the ones burning families alive in their houses. But IMO knowingly focusing on avoiding and limiting responsibility instead of immediately working on resolving the role of FB in the Rohingya genocide, has a level of equivalency. This is just one example. There are many others spanning a range of areas in including fraud enablement, user harm Btw, I am not saying I would judge everyone who works at FB. Although I feel there would be few exceptions for anyone in a somewhat senior position or above (be it an a technical or business type position). permalink fedilink source parent [–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago It’s not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ https://systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-facebook-contributed-to-genocide-in-myanmar-and-why-it-will-not-be-held-accountable/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) It's not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. Given a good salary i'd work for them. For this guy his time at meta prolly enabled him to be more public with a rather anti corpo position. I can understand that move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago Their leadership actually made substantial contribution to enabling the Rohingya genocide. Sure they weren't the ones burning families alive in their houses. But IMO knowingly focusing on avoiding and limiting responsibility instead of immediately working on resolving the role of FB in the Rohingya genocide, has a level of equivalency. This is just one example. There are many others spanning a range of areas in including fraud enablement, user harm Btw, I am not saying I would judge everyone who works at FB. Although I feel there would be few exceptions for anyone in a somewhat senior position or above (be it an a technical or business type position). permalink fedilink source parent [–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago It’s not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ https://systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-facebook-contributed-to-genocide-in-myanmar-and-why-it-will-not-be-held-accountable/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago Their leadership actually made substantial contribution to enabling the Rohingya genocide. Sure they weren't the ones burning families alive in their houses. But IMO knowingly focusing on avoiding and limiting responsibility instead of immediately working on resolving the role of FB in the Rohingya genocide, has a level of equivalency. This is just one example. There are many others spanning a range of areas in including fraud enablement, user harm Btw, I am not saying I would judge everyone who works at FB. Although I feel there would be few exceptions for anyone in a somewhat senior position or above (be it an a technical or business type position). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago It’s not like meta is doing a literal holocaust. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ https://systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-facebook-contributed-to-genocide-in-myanmar-and-why-it-will-not-be-held-accountable/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Past bad judgement is not an indicator of current good judgement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Apologies. I thought it was clear from context. Here are some examples of his bad judgement: “one of the "Godfathers of AI … who previously served as Meta’s chief AI scientist” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Apologies. I thought it was clear from context. Here are some examples of his bad judgement: “one of the "Godfathers of AI … who previously served as Meta’s chief AI scientist” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Apologies. I thought it was clear from context. Here are some examples of his bad judgement: “one of the "Godfathers of AI … who previously served as Meta’s chief AI scientist” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent