India Has Important Role To Play In AI Research: 'Godfather Of AI' Yann LeCun

LeCun also spoke about the importance of open-source models. He underscored that the commitment to open-source data is driven by the benefits of community feedback and innovation, highlighting that great ideas can come from anywhere. Open source is crucial now and will be increasingly important as AI evolves into a shared infrastructure for all, serving as a repository of human knowledge.

In September, Meta released its first open-source model with both image and text processing abilities, two months after the release of its last big AI model.

LeCun predicted that in the near future, the world would have AI systems that approach human intelligence perhaps from even beyond. Future AI advancements would lead to smart glasses that allow users to interact with highly intelligent AI assistants, he said. 

While AI assistants might become smarter than humans, it is not to get threatened by and is rather empowering, he said. "AI is not going to dominate us or take over, but it's going to amplify human intelligence."

LeCun also said that AI will be used everywhere and even people in rural areas of India could ask questions to their AI assistants in their own language about multiple topics.