Tech Genius Announces AI Still Too Stupid to Do Laundry, But Revolution is Coming—Probably
In a truly groundbreaking revelation, Yann LeCun, one of the so-called “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, has declared that AI isn’t quite competent enough to fold your underwear or drive a car without mistaking a pedestrian for a speed bump. But fear not—according to the Meta scientist, a revolution is coming in the next five years, which is, coincidentally, the exact same thing AI pioneers have been saying every five years since the dawn of time.
LeCun, who works under Mark Zuckerberg at Meta (because nothing says “pioneering technology” like the company responsible for your aunt’s unhinged Facebook posts), stated that while current AI systems can generate terrifyingly realistic deepfakes and write essays that make college professors weep, they severely lack the ability to engage with the physical world in a meaningful way. In other words, AI can produce a 5,000-word philosophical treatise in seconds, but still has no idea how to find the ketchup in your fridge.
“We need drastic breakthroughs,” LeCun explained, while likely ignoring a Meta chatbot in the corner repeating, “I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Would you like to see an ad instead?” He insists that overcoming these challenges will require fundamental advancements in AI’s ability to understand physics and common sense—two things that, ironically, humans struggle with as well.
Despite years of breathless AI hype, we still live in a world where fully automated cars try to take “limited access highway” a little too literally by plowing directly into concrete barriers, and virtual assistants remain as dumb as a brick when asked to do anything more complicated than set a timer. Meanwhile, AI-generated images still struggle to get the correct number of fingers on a human hand, a problem that scientists assure us is “totally fixable” and “not a sign that AI secretly fears biology.”
Tech experts have cautiously embraced LeCun’s forecast, with one unnamed researcher noting, “Oh yeah, five years sounds about right. Just like it did in 2010. And 2015. And 2020. But THIS time, we mean it.” Another industry insider confirmed, “We just need to keep dumping billions into this, and eventually, that AI butler from The Jetsons will be a reality. Probably.”
In the meantime, consumers are advised to temper their expectations. AI may still struggle with basic tasks like distinguishing between chihuahuas and muffins, but at least it’s really good at generating artistically horrifying profile pictures and making sure you never escape the algorithmic vortex of cat videos and conspiracy theories.
So, while we wait for AI to achieve this alleged next “revolution,” perhaps just keep doing your own laundry. It might take a while.
