> This is turning true ai research into a masquerade to push certain political agendas. Spot on. Naive scientism is used as cloak to advance political agendas,

> This is turning true ai research into a masquerade to push certain political agendas. Spot on. Naive scientism is used as cloak to advance political agendas, instead of searching for truth: "When a domain becomes respected source of Truth, there is incentive for hijackers. There is a huge window of opportunity (from decades to centuries) until the public opinion figures it out. Many (not all) still trust Harvard credentials, as Cardinal credentials in the past." [0] This is the trend for "Believe in Science", a magical catchphrase evoked to put trust in frauds like Steven Pinker and Paul Krugman: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=believe+in+science&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbelieve%20in%20science%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cbelieve%20in%20science%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=believe+in+sci... [0] https://twitter.com/_benoux_/status/1335175823620497413 https://twitter.com/_benoux_/status/1335175823620497413