LeCun’s AMI Labs rejects AGI hype to build world models for robots
ami labs ceo alexandre lebrun rejects agi labels, betting on physics-based ai for robotics instead of language models.
alexandre lebrun, ceo of ami labs backed by yann lecun, dismissed industry buzzwords like agi and superintelligence as undefined distractions in an interview at icml. instead, the company is developing world models designed to predict physical states and context, a capability lebrun argues is missing from current llms and necessary for safe robotics. to train these models, ami is moving beyond the lab to secure partnerships with hardware manufacturers in south korea, where industrial robots and semiconductors provide the physical data required for simulation.