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Feels like the author has an axe to grind. Research isn't about knowing all the answers or always being successful. Negative results are just as important as p

by mantap 6y ago

Feels like the author has an axe to grind. Research isn't about knowing all the answers or always being successful. Negative results are just as important as positive ones. Author does not even mention the recent protein folding result.

DavidSumpter 6y ago
I am the author. I think it is interesting with this "axe to grind" response (there was another above). I am an independent researcher, a professor at a University. And I have absolutely no reason to be disappointed with Google. My knowledge of this subject goes considerably deeper than I write in the article, but it is important to get the points across in an easy to follow manner. Thus I use certain literary devices. But I think it isn't fair to describe my opinion as a "axe to grind". I might (of course) be wrong, but there is agenda.
- DavidSumpter 6y ago
  Ha ha *no agenda, I mean. ..... Maybe my subconscious has an agenda I don't know about :-)
  - marcus_holmes 6y ago
    Maybe you subconsciously want Google's AI research to collapse? ;)
  - KineticLensman 6y ago
    C.f. Sussman attains enlightenment [0] [0] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141241 http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141241
- jfindley 6y ago
  I'm not certain that claiming deep knowledge of the subject and handwaving about literary devices is a terribly useful response when you write an article suggesting decline while completely ignoring a bunch of significant more recent developments. That's not a literary device, that's cherry-picking facts to support a preconceived conclusion. Paying more attention to other, more recent, developments might also have helped you avoid writing a paragraph where you talk about deepmind not being able to play games where it needs to perform multiple actions to obtain a reward - I think deepmind managing to beat professional starcraft players is clear evidence that this conclusion is questionable at best.

by mantap 6y ago

DavidSumpter 6y ago

I am the author. I think it is interesting with this "axe to grind" response (there was another above). I am an independent researcher, a professor at a University. And I have absolutely no reason to be disappointed with Google. My knowledge of this subject goes considerably deeper than I write in the article, but it is important to get the points across in an easy to follow manner. Thus I use certain literary devices. But I think it isn't fair to describe my opinion as a "axe to grind". I might (of course) be wrong, but there is agenda.

DavidSumpter 6y ago
Ha ha *no agenda, I mean. ..... Maybe my subconscious has an agenda I don't know about :-)
- marcus_holmes 6y ago
  Maybe you subconsciously want Google's AI research to collapse? ;)
- KineticLensman 6y ago
  C.f. Sussman attains enlightenment [0] [0] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141241 http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141241
jfindley 6y ago
I'm not certain that claiming deep knowledge of the subject and handwaving about literary devices is a terribly useful response when you write an article suggesting decline while completely ignoring a bunch of significant more recent developments. That's not a literary device, that's cherry-picking facts to support a preconceived conclusion. Paying more attention to other, more recent, developments might also have helped you avoid writing a paragraph where you talk about deepmind not being able to play games where it needs to perform multiple actions to obtain a reward - I think deepmind managing to beat professional starcraft players is clear evidence that this conclusion is questionable at best.