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"Has Some Interesting Beliefs" is being used as understatement. "kept things extremely normal" is commonly used sarcasm. The article ends with the author sayi
by pharrington 3y ago
"Has Some Interesting Beliefs" is being used as understatement.
"kept things extremely normal" is commonly used sarcasm.
The article ends with the author saying they're puzzled by LeCun's posts, and asking if the reader is too.
- nathan_compton 3y agoI do think the article definitely has a point of view. LeCun's beliefs about human society and nature aren't really that unusual and so the tone of the article is arguably a little hyperbolic. But I think its a pretty far cry from a pure character assassination.
- AbrahamParangi 3y agoIt’s a pure character assassination because you’d never write this about someone you weren’t already willing to write a hit piece about.
- nathan_compton 3y agoI just don't see it. From my point of view LeCun's opinion is 1) newsworthy since he is a luminary and 2) worthy of critique in light of both the advancements in AI recently, their implications for society, and the relative superficiality of his comments. I think we, as readers, should cultivate a little endurance for this kind of work. Yes, there is an opinion here, and yes, its expressed in a little bit of a fun way, but its a stretch indeed to think this is some kind of nefarious hit piece.
- AbrahamParangi 3y agoI think endurance is reasonable as a reader, but I also think this sort of discourse is of no value to anyone but the writer, and certainly not to us. It’s a cool ranch dorito of an article. It tastes moderately good, has no real content, and leaves you a little worse off for consuming it.