The largest AI models today have several hundred billion parameters, approaching but still below the scale of human brains which have roughly 100 billion neurons with 5,000 connections each, but training models at human-scale connectivity would require tens of thousands of GPU cards that companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Google possess.

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Yan LeCun

Evidence Quote

“the biggest models today have several like a couple hundred billion uh connections parameters”

Source

AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence | World Science Festival— World Science Festival
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:49:40 PM

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