Yann LeCun
6 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 27, 2024 by Yann LeCun · said 11 times in 5 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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brought up most by Nikhil Kamath (7), Aravind Srinivas (3), Dr. Jayanthi (1)
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 10 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- Nikhil Kamath ft. Perplexity CEO, Aravind Srinivas | WTF Online Ep 1. · Nikhil Kamath
- Humanoids Cost as Much as an SUV Now | Nikhil Kamath x Brett Adcock | WTF Online Ep 2 · Nikhil Kamath
- Ep #22 | WTF are Craft Beverages? Nikhil ft. the Founders of Blue Tokai, Subko, Svami, and Mossant · Nikhil Kamath
- Ep #21 | WTF is Longevity? | Nikhil ft. Nithin Kamath, Bryan Johnson, Prashanth, Jitendra & Seema · Nikhil Kamath
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Nov 27, 2024 positive
The only way to understand intelligence is to build an intelligent machine
“For the problem that really has been my obsession for a long time is discovering the mysteries of uncovering the mysteries of intelligence. And as an engineer, I think the only way to do this is to build a machine that is intelligent, right?”
Nov 27, 2024 bullish
Nov 27, 2024 neutral
Intelligence requires existing skills, rapid learning, and zero-shot problem-solving
“So the combination of those three things, you know, having already a number of skills that you know, experience with solving problems and accomplishing tasks, being able to learn new tasks really quickly with a few trials and then the next step is being able t…”
Nov 27, 2024
Scientific progress relies on technological advances enabling data collection
“Scientists, you try to understand the world. Engineers, you try to create new things, and very often, if you want to understand the world, you need to create new things. The progress of science very much is linked with progress in technology that allows to Col…”
Nov 27, 2024
A lack of human intelligence is the root cause of global problems
“For almost every problem that we have, the cause is really a lack of knowledge or intelligence by humans. We're making mistakes. We're making mistakes because we're not smart enough to figure out we have a problem, because we're not smart enough to figure out …”
Mar 23, 2025 positive
Aravind Srinivas: Ilya Sutskever Truly Made Neural Networks Work Through Scale
“And I would say the forefathers like Lacan or Hinton, Benjia, they did a lot of work to establish the foundations, but one guy single-handedly, you know, with, of course, with a group of amazing engineers who worked with him, truly made it work. I'd say it's I…”