> This article is mostly a straw man, while still containing some valid ML criticism. I don't think this is an example of a straw man, given that his audience

> This article is mostly a straw man, while still containing some valid ML criticism. I don't think this is an example of a straw man, given that his audience is readers of Locus, a science fiction magazine. While researchers and practitioners in ML understandably hold a more nuanced, informed view, the position he's arguing against is pretty common among the general public, and certainly common in science fiction.