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FULFILLEDStated 2024
Yann LeCunChief AI Scientist, Meta; Turing laureate
"We are not going to get to human-level AI by just scaling up LLMs… it's not going to happen within the next two years."
AGILLM limits
Verdict
Came true
Deadline in claim
~2 years (by ~2026)

Assessment

As of mid-2026, scaling LLMs has not produced human-level AI, matching the (deliberately modest) two-year claim. Fulfilled — a skeptic's call that held.

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