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[NetEase smart news January 24 news] Facebook internal artificial intelligence (AI) research department head Yann LeCun (Yann LeCun) announced his resignation as the chief AI scientist Facebook, in order to focus more on research.
Le Kun, who is known for his outspokenness in the industry, often criticizes those unreasonable voices who believe "AI technology is frightening." He will hand over his position to Jerome Pesenti, the head of British AI start-up company Benevolent. Before that, he was chief technology officer of IBM Big Data Group.
Le Kun is a French computer scientist from New York who has been developing modern methods for AI, including the use of convolutional neural networks to analyze computer vision data. Le Kun has always considered himself more like a researcher than an executive, but Facebook’s growing reliance on AI and its impact on existing products has brought more management needs to the Facebook artificial intelligence study (FAIR). FAIR is the company's Applied Machine Learning (AML) department led by Joaquin Quinonero Candela and Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer.
Le Kun said in an interview: "On Facebook, someone needs to supervise all AI developments, including research, development, and contact with products. Both AML and FAIR must report to the chief technology officer because of the increasing importance of AI, and There are more and more systems for deep learning, and CTOs no longer have enough bandwidth to handle these problems.
Renzi's recommended Pesiti will report directly to Schropf and be responsible for overseeing all of the company's AI efforts. According to informed sources, Pesiti has experience working with large organizations such as IBM, and he also has a passion for related research. Pesiti’s official role will be AI’s vice president.
Le Kun still retains a postgraduate teaching job at New York University. Now he will focus more on research while still playing a direct role in guiding FAIR. He will also continue to promote the positive outlook for the AI ​​industry, which is increasingly important for companies like Facebook and Google. Both companies have a large number of research institutes. Facebook now employs about 130 researchers, adds new laboratories in Montreal, and has quite a lot of staff in Paris.
Both companies are entering unknown areas of robotics, automation, and other AI technologies. As AI becomes more and more complex, it may continue to have negative reactions among daily consumers who are concerned that this technology will lead to large-scale unemployment or unprecedented doomsday scenarios. Therefore, Lekun has elaborated on the harm brought about by linking AI with the Terminator, and tried hard to discuss the AI ​​on hard data and research details, instead of performing Elon musk. Bold predictions.
Recently, Le Kun had condemned the team behind the humanoid robot Sophia. They urged the media organizations and the public to identify the robot as "real AI," worthy of sympathy, and having genuine emotion. He said: "This is like a juggling act for AI. It's a real magic. Maybe we should call this 'cargo worship AI' or 'Potemkin AI' or, in other words, it's totally nonsense."
Even in his role as chief scientist, Le Kun will continue to speak of AI and its role in society as a leader in technology.
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