> Unfortunately, the research field of AI is diseased: it places way too much value on showing off big shiny things This applies pretty much to ..euh every fie

> Unfortunately, the research field of AI is diseased: it places way too much value on showing off big shiny things This applies pretty much to ..euh every field. The wow factor attract investors and money. The way the current economy is structured, it incentives these tactics since these individuals will be able to draw on significant funds and will have a comparative advantage even if they have a worse return ratio. And then it'll pass and a new thing will kick again. Investors have no memory, and I am talking about institutional ones. The supposedly sophisticated folks.