Forbes January 27, 2026
As January comes to an end, many of us who attended the annual summit at Davos are pondering next steps, considering the context of AI today, and still trying to parse the interactions between us humans, and ever-evolving AI agents that will accommodate us, inspire us, rival us, and generally make us re-evaluate our place in the world. I interviewed Yann LeCun at our annual Imagination in Action event (I put this event together, it’s free to attend, and it’s designed to foster discussions of timely, important topics). The result was an eye-opening series of revelations about how artificial intelligence research is changing, and what it might lead to relatively soon.
Getting Realistic About AGI
First, do we now “have...







