> I never tried to constrain "freedom" in research. Freedom in research is crucial Well then, I think we're violently agreeing. However, a couple of observatio

> I never tried to constrain "freedom" in research. Freedom in research is crucial Well then, I think we're violently agreeing. However, a couple of observations. > e.g., maybe get to upgrade their 20 year old used Mazda to a 10 year old used Toyota and celebrate with a toast of tap water!!! Here is CMU's dean on what happens to faculty with successful AI/ML research agendas: "How to retain people who are worth tens of millions of dollars to other organizations is causing my few remaining hairs to fall out". I didn't realize how expensive used Toyotas have gotten... >...applied math I'll again reiterate that CS and especially AI have a completely different culture. Also, this sentence seems to somehow undermine your entire thesis: > If current academic AI research is too close to non-academic problems, okay, I can believe that but see little downside since I have no respect for 90+% of current AI work anyway.