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That makes sense. I never could see the real benefit for Meta to pay a lot to produce these open source models (I know the typical arguments - attracting talent
by ks2048 2y ago
That makes sense. I never could see the real benefit for Meta to pay a lot to produce these open source models (I know the typical arguments - attracting talent, goodwill, etc). I wonder how much is simply LeCun is interested in advancing the science and convinced Zuck this is good for company.
- astrange 2y agoLeCun doesn't run their AI team - he's not in LLaMA's management chain at all. He's just especially public.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoYep - Meta's FAIR (Facebook AI Research) and GenAI (LLaMA) groups are separate, and LeCun is part of FAIR. The head of FAIR is Joelle Pineau.