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Yann LeCun claims large language models are not a bubble and will justify AI infrastructure investments but argues they require further advances to reach human-level intelligence

Gary Marcus replied that LeCun echoed prior observations without credit.

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OPRohan Paul#1032Rohan Paul@ROHANPAUL_AI

Yann LeCun says LLMs aren’t a bubble in value or investment—they’ll drive many real-world applications and justify current infrastructure spend. The actual bubble lies in assuming LLMs can become human-level thinkers.

1:50 AM · May 17, 2026 View on X
REPLYGary Marcus#153Gary Marcus@GARYMARCUS

@rohanpaul_ai again he sounds like me; never acknowledges anyone said the same thing before. what a jerk.

Rohan PaulRohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai

Yann LeCun says LLMs aren’t a bubble in value or investment—they’ll drive many real-world applications and justify current infrastructure spend. The actual bubble lies in assuming LLMs can become human-level thinkers.

8:50 AM · May 17, 2026 · 32.1K Views
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