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I’m not sure why this comment is being upvoted this much, but it seems fairly snarky and adds little value to the discussion.
by stingraycharles 8y ago
I’m not sure why this comment is being upvoted this much, but it seems fairly snarky and adds little value to the discussion.
- joe_the_user 8y agoThe comment may just seem annoying but after a fair amount of reading on AI, I think it actually is an OK if snarky comment on state of the art AI. Current AI involves complex statistical analysis that essentially sacrifices robustness and unbiased-ness for predictiveness. It's basically blindly squeezing all the extrapolative qualities available in a huge dataset, getting impressive seeming results while picking up all sorts of "garbage associations" along the way.
- pfortuny 8y agoAt the same time, there are really no 'models' like in, say, Physics or Engineering. The state-of-the-art consists in 'well, this seems to be reasonable and seems to work'. I mean 'models' like 'mathematical models' not like 'a model of a simplified neuron'. Which for a chess/go-winning program is pretty harmless and even interesting. Not so much for autonomous driving and/or security, for example.
- scottlocklin 8y agoNo, it's a scientifically accurate description of the absurd usage of the term "AI" by modern media, VC and just about everyone else. Source: I make goofy statistical models for a living.