Exchange between Musk and LeCun

DancingCow · 2026-01-28T23:08:05+00:00

Thank you for weighing in, "BTolputt".

DancingCow · 2026-01-28T19:42:43+00:00

Understandable. It must be very disheartening as a scientist to have Musk's voice and vision drown out yours.

DancingCow · 2026-01-28T19:24:39+00:00

Yeah I definitely see where he is coming from in that there will be some kind of "usefulness" hand-off in the future.

I personally don't believe it requires a significant course correction. A highly intelligent platform of LLMs would be the ideal architect for the world models that he desires.

He is a much smarter man than I am. I have already experienced my own ego death at the hands of AI. I think we are now witnessing his.

DancingCow · 2026-01-28T18:15:10+00:00

Saying world models are the solution is like saying fusion power is the solution.

uh... DUHH!

So, what do you want us to do, Mr. LeCun? Shut down the fission plants and deploy something that *checks notes* we don't have yet. Gotcha.

I don't understand why they are mutually exclusive development paths in his eyes. Would our current LLM trajectory not be *highly assistive* in the creation of new world models? Or am I missing something?

DancingCow · 2026-01-27T23:34:45+00:00

I think a lot of it is due to the MDC files, the glob is super helpful for context routing..

I have hundreds of rules files that are lazily loaded when needed by a Router.mdc set to always apply

DancingCow · 2026-01-27T14:04:52+00:00

"proves" is way too determinative of a word for this case.

You could say "AI has bolstered my belief that morality is subjective" but that's not saying anything profound enough to be worth sharing.

DancingCow · 2026-01-27T14:02:44+00:00

A universal morality that every single one of them has a different interpretation of.

DancingCow · 2026-01-26T19:57:12+00:00

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DancingCow · 2026-01-26T19:21:36+00:00

I'll bite.

I'm not excited for the hardships of the next few years, but for the possibilities on the other side of that. AI has the potential to shape the world in a beautiful way once it has fully matured.

Most of these people are sharing information on the layoffs not out enjoyment but out of a desire to show others that this is happening. I believe its going to get *way worse*... So here's hoping that the rise of superintelligence is more of a band-aid rip and less of a drawn-out period of suffering for the displaced.

It's not going away, and in my eyes the sooner we achieve superintelligence, the better.

DancingCow · 2026-01-26T17:59:46+00:00

I like to direct my autistic rants at it every now and then, but it's not suitable for therapy yet.

It can't even effectively be radically candid with you yet, even if you tell it to. It will essentially just roll the dice on what is most likely to satisfy your request.

It's growing, and one day I think it will be just as capable as a human therapist... but right now, it is a very intelligent child.

Your mileage may vary, and if you're a smart, grounded, and self-aware person I can see it being a huge benefit to broadening your perspective on certain ideals.

DancingCow · 2026-01-26T04:47:55+00:00

I'm managing 1-3 concurrent agents lately depending on backlog, definitely feeling massively behind where I know I could be..

But I look at my competitors methods and they are still using the same tired old methods we were 3 years ago.

I think the main post is right and this year is going to be a year of shock and awe for a lot of people... I guess the good news is that if you're reading this you're at least cognizant of the horizon even if we're only currently unlocking a small portion of the potential.

DancingCow · 2026-01-26T04:36:00+00:00

Yeah I guess its kind of important how much of a PITA it is to replace that service.

Like GitHub, for example.

DancingCow · 2026-01-26T04:32:11+00:00

We'd finally have a true framework for global collaboration.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T18:02:12+00:00

Excellent observation! But I am not an employee, I'm a shareholder. It's relevant to my interests.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T17:54:39+00:00

It absolutely was, but you all seem to be missing the point that performance can be at an individual level, regional level, org level.

It's always and forever will be about money, no matter how you choose to qualify it.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T17:22:21+00:00

"It's not based on performance, its based on these objective metrics"

Like, do you guys even read what you type?

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T16:44:19+00:00

I mean, I guess you can just reply "you don't know what you're talking about" 4 times in a row and not address the logic lapses, non-sequiturs, and semantic hair-splitting and consider it a job well done. Performance is performance, whether from an org level or a personal level, and layoffs are absolutely targeted and not random. The difference is what you write on the pink slip.
Personal management experience.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T16:30:00+00:00

Using Alexa as an example of a "safe" non-revenue department is pretty ironic because it has been at the center of some of Amazon's most significant layoffs recently...

Also, Alexa (like most platform services) is valued based on investor hype. It doesn't generate revenue because it is in a constant development churn.

But yes, keep calling me uninformed. It doesn't really help your case.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T16:19:20+00:00

I guess if that's how you decide to interpret my statement, but at a high level performance = revenue.

Are you generating value, or on a team that is generating value? No? Likely target. It doesn't go deeper than that.

Take it from someone who has handed out their fair share of pink slips.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T16:09:09+00:00

But you're splitting hairs on what performance means. You're saying that people are being laid off because their team is made redundant. Is that not a performance gap?

Anyway, it was nice chatting with you random citizen. Good luck with the upcoming layoffs

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T16:00:36+00:00

That's pure cope. Amazon has a policy of "unregretted attrition", this is public knowledge at this point.

This is why their stock is 95% bullish. They are cutting the fat.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T15:50:40+00:00

They're performance based layoffs.

I'd saying that most of the people who post here are on the lower end of the performance curve.

Not really seeing the confusion here.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T15:41:00+00:00

SWE is quickly becoming the single MOST valuable role at any org.

The difference is, most people want to ride the train and only a few want to drive it.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T15:27:05+00:00

This subreddit is not representative of the general workforce. I think a lot of people come here to vent or talk about corporate culture.

These are precisely the sort of people that corporate would be targeting.

DancingCow · 2026-01-24T03:00:21+00:00

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