I don't know squat about AI research, but I was excited to hear that Carmack is getting into it in a big way. Even took OPM. This is exciting to me because, fo

I don't know squat about AI research, but I was excited to hear that Carmack is getting into it in a big way. Even took OPM. This is exciting to me because, for one, he is smart and talented and driven and might be able to make significant advances. But more importantly, it means he has done the initial research of the state of the art, gone through the larval stage as he calls it, and has decided with reasonable confidence that there is much promise for further progress.