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They've published a few research papers. Few other researchers cite them, so it's hard to argue that their research has been influential, or even significant. I
by blueyes 9y ago
They've published a few research papers. Few other researchers cite them, so it's hard to argue that their research has been influential, or even significant. In 2013 they announced they had solved/broken CAPTCHA, but refused to share their code, for which they were criticized:
https://www.vicarious.com/news-detail-02.html https://www.vicarious.com/news-detail-02.html
More recently, they published a paper on what they call Schema Networks, which are an attempt to blend deep learning with concepts. They're winning Atari games with that, but DeepMind did it years ago.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04317 https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04317
They're seven years old, and until recently, they'd raised $70-$80 million. I would have expected more than a few research papers in that time, if I were their investors.
- jorgemf 9y agoThe first time I heard about DeepMind (months before it was adquired by Google) I though something similar: "winning Atari games with reinforcement learning and neural networks doesn't sound like it is worth 50 millions of pounds in investment". So I don't want to make the same mistake again and I will read carefully the paper. Thanks!