Machine-learning pioneer Yann LeCun on why “a new revolution in AI” is coming

The launch of R1, an AI model by the Chinese startup DeepSeek, recently sent shockwaves through the technology world. R1 is a “reasoning” model—the most cutting-edge type of large language model (LLM)—and it performs about as well as the best-in-class Western models but for a fraction of the training cost. Like other LLMs, though, it still lacks many of the skills and types of intelligence that human brains achieve. For one, “reasoning” models still have a very limited…