Yann LeCun

So the inevitable direction of history is that the vast majority of AI systems will be built on top of open source platforms.

So the inevitable direction of history is that the vast majority of AI systems will be built on top of open source platforms.

Okay, so you have several business models, right? The business model that Meta is built around is, is you offer a service and the financing of that service is either through ads or through business customers. So for example, if you have an LLM that can help a mom and pop pizza place, by, you know, talking to the customers through WhatsApp.

Okay, so you have several business models, right? The business model that Meta is built around is, is you offer a service and the financing of that service is either through ads or through business customers. So for example, if you have an LLM that can help a mom and pop pizza place, by, you know, talking to the customers through WhatsApp.

Okay, so you have several business models, right? The business model that Meta is built around is, is you offer a service and the financing of that service is either through ads or through business customers. So for example, if you have an LLM that can help a mom and pop pizza place, by, you know, talking to the customers through WhatsApp.

And so the customers can just order a pizza and the system will just, you know, ask them like, what topping do you want or what size, blah, blah, blah. Um, the business will pay for that. Okay. That's a model. Um, And otherwise, you know, if it's a system that is on the more kind of classical services, it can be ad supported or, you know, there's several models.

And so the customers can just order a pizza and the system will just, you know, ask them like, what topping do you want or what size, blah, blah, blah. Um, the business will pay for that. Okay. That's a model. Um, And otherwise, you know, if it's a system that is on the more kind of classical services, it can be ad supported or, you know, there's several models.

And so the customers can just order a pizza and the system will just, you know, ask them like, what topping do you want or what size, blah, blah, blah. Um, the business will pay for that. Okay. That's a model. Um, And otherwise, you know, if it's a system that is on the more kind of classical services, it can be ad supported or, you know, there's several models.

But the point is, if you have a big enough potential customer base and you need to build a system anyway for them, it doesn't hurt you to actually distribute it in open source.

But the point is, if you have a big enough potential customer base and you need to build a system anyway for them, it doesn't hurt you to actually distribute it in open source.

But the point is, if you have a big enough potential customer base and you need to build a system anyway for them, it doesn't hurt you to actually distribute it in open source.

Well, no, the bet is more, we already have a huge user base and customer base. Ah, right. Right, so it's going to be useful to them. Whatever we offer them is going to be useful, and there is a way to derive revenue from this. Sure. And it doesn't hurt that we provide that system or the base model, the foundation model, in open source for others to build applications on top of it, too.

Well, no, the bet is more, we already have a huge user base and customer base. Ah, right. Right, so it's going to be useful to them. Whatever we offer them is going to be useful, and there is a way to derive revenue from this. Sure. And it doesn't hurt that we provide that system or the base model, the foundation model, in open source for others to build applications on top of it, too.

Well, no, the bet is more, we already have a huge user base and customer base. Ah, right. Right, so it's going to be useful to them. Whatever we offer them is going to be useful, and there is a way to derive revenue from this. Sure. And it doesn't hurt that we provide that system or the base model, the foundation model, in open source for others to build applications on top of it, too.

If those applications turn out to be useful for our customers, we can just buy it from them. It could be that they will improve the platform. In fact, we see this already. I mean, there is literally millions of downloads of Lama 2 already. and thousands of people who have provided ideas about how to make it better.

If those applications turn out to be useful for our customers, we can just buy it from them. It could be that they will improve the platform. In fact, we see this already. I mean, there is literally millions of downloads of Lama 2 already. and thousands of people who have provided ideas about how to make it better.

If those applications turn out to be useful for our customers, we can just buy it from them. It could be that they will improve the platform. In fact, we see this already. I mean, there is literally millions of downloads of Lama 2 already. and thousands of people who have provided ideas about how to make it better.

This clearly accelerates progress to make the system available to a wide community of people. There are literally thousands of businesses who are building applications with it. Our ability to, Meta's ability to derive revenue from this technology is not impaired by the distribution of it, of base models in open source.

This clearly accelerates progress to make the system available to a wide community of people. There are literally thousands of businesses who are building applications with it. Our ability to, Meta's ability to derive revenue from this technology is not impaired by the distribution of it, of base models in open source.

This clearly accelerates progress to make the system available to a wide community of people. There are literally thousands of businesses who are building applications with it. Our ability to, Meta's ability to derive revenue from this technology is not impaired by the distribution of it, of base models in open source.