
Usama Fayyad
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Usama Fayyad
@usamaf
Director of @experiential_AI @Northeastern, Entrepreneur, Tech Investor, Data science/AI, Chairman @OpenI_Tech, former @Barclays CDO/CIO @yahoo CDO @Oasis500.







mini rant: the illusion LLMs are intelligent comes from their massive scale. it is hard to visualize, but these things memorized the WHOLE internet. everything you've ever asked it, either has been solved before, or is a simple combination of existing solutions. but that's still an illusion. when LLMs face a problem that require a NEW solution - one of original shape, one it has never seen before - they fail. it is that simple. that's what my example shows. i took as simple problem - inverting a binary tree - and added a few constraints to make sure the solution is unique and not in the dataset, forcing it to actually SOLVE it itself. and, surprise - it can't! and I must stress this isn't about THIS problem. but about all. LLMs can't solve ANY problem, at all. it can only spit a memorized solution. if nobody posts this solution online, not even GPT-6, opus-5, or o3, will be able to solve *this very prompt*. I'm betting on that. the inability to create new solutions imply LLMs won't invent new science. yes, they will completely change the world as we know it. they'll have a higher impact than computers and the internet. but, unless a new kind AI emerges, we're still on our own when it comes to curing cancer or making superconductors.









Is @Apple's new partnership with @OpenAI an admission of weakness with Apple's digital assistant, Siri? Or is it genius?🧐 Executive Director, @usamaf spoke with @NUGlobalNews' @cesareo_r about the news, saying Apple is playing catch-up with this move: bit.ly/3XlXjxa


An attack on Rafah would make the unspeakable situation in Gaza even worse. The U.S. cannot continue to provide more bombs and artillery shells to support Netanyahu’s war machine. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

“Rest in eternal power and peace, Dr Adnan Al Bursch, who was killed while in Israeli detention. Thank you to the many British doctors and health care workers for holding a vigil to remember our heroes and calling for #accountability.



It's over Zionist. Violence gets attention. By lashing out you gave us a voice you morons



In this @Forbes piece, @RandyBeanNVP outlines why he views our institute as an "early leader" in #AIresearch, #AIsolutions - and in recognizing the need to assist organizations in #AI adoption 🙌 bit.ly/48DhWHA

