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Disclaimer: I am a lay technical person and don't know much about AI. I find this article somewhat condescending. I look at all the current development as step
by dhab 8y ago
Disclaimer: I am a lay technical person and don't know much about AI.
I find this article somewhat condescending. I look at all the current development as stepping stones to progress, not an overnight success that does everything flawlessly. I imagine the future might be some combination of different solutions, and what the author proposes may or may not play a part in it.
- bra-ket 8y agoit's not a stepping stone, if you look closely it's a dead end
- biswaroop 8y agoI don't see how systematically accurate image classifiers and facial recognition systems built on deep learning is a 'dead end'. Products are products. If deep learning has led to actual profits in actual companies, it's not a dead end. As to whether this leads to AGI is a completely different question.
- jimothywales 8y agoThe point is that the profits may not be as grand as the current level of hype may indicate Edit: additionally it could be a dead end because the hype tends to narrow the directions we explore with ML. If everyone is obsessing about DL, we could be infuriatingly ignoring other research directions right under our noses.
- red75prime 8y agoWhat do you see exactly when you look closely and how do you know it is dead end?
- evrydayhustling 8y agoI agree. Overhype is annoying, but it happens with every technological advance. So does the inevitable backlash jump from "some people claim too much" to "this whole field is a bubble with no real gains". Both are cliched viewpoints that give a false sense of being "in the know" without helping anyone navigate change effectively.