Walt Baldwin

Yann LeCun stops at Brown on his 'Water is Wet' world tour.

"There's literally hundreds of billions invested in an industry that basically is counting on the fact that LLMs [are] going to reach human-level intelligence,” he said. “It's complete BS.”

#WaterIsWet #BearsShitInWoods #AI

https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-04-01/yann-lecun-artificial-intelligence-pioneer

In lecture at Brown, Yann LeCun discusses a new approach to AI

No stranger to controversy, AI pioneer Yann LeCun told a capacity crowd that large language models are not the future of AI and that a new approach is needed if machines are to achieve human-like intelligence.

Brown University
Apr 10 at 7:39pmWeb
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/states-are-struggling-to-meet-their-clean-energy-goals-blame-data-centers
States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Blame data centers

Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.

PBS News
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half of the US data centers planned for this year are expected to be delayed or canceled.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-01/us-ai-data-center-expansion-relies-on-chinese-electrical-equipment-imports?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NTkyMjc4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzc2NTI3NTg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQ1Q3UzRLSUpIUFgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyMTIwMjYyN0QyQTg0OTEwOEVEODZDMkE0OUZGRDcyQiJ9.xfG6huMg_Lok5d1CTfEE01oHPhGprmA6k1Flx6i0bAg

Show threadMaria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Apr 11
@waltbaldwin Yippee!
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@waltbaldwin good. See if the number can go higher.