LeCun spoke as Meta announced image-based Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture, or JEPA. That seeks to move beyond ChatGPT-like generative AI and gives machines the ability to conceptualize abstract ideas and not just regurgitate what exists online. "We will abandon them in favor of joint embedding predictive architecture. LeCun has been a critic of the hype around generative AI models that power ChatGPT. He believes fears about generative AI grossly inflate its capabilities.