I had the identical sentiment after reading that dismissive oversimplification. Here’s the source interview: https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-build-truly-intel

I had the identical sentiment after reading that dismissive oversimplification. Here’s the source interview: https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-build-truly-intelligent-machines-teach-them-cause-and-effect-20180515/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-build-truly-intelligent-ma.... For a man of his experience, I am surprised that he is forgetting the incremental nature of science. Most high level researchers are not visionaries but are really damn good at what they do. Their work will provide the building blocks for game-changing advances. His goal is to draw attention to the loftier problems in AI but doing so by belittling the work of others is immature and ineffective as a motivational tool. Who’s going to switch gears to exploring radically different approaches because what we’re doing now is so boring and lame? I would have loved to read more about his proposed avenues of research instead of how unimpressed he is with curve fitting.