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"An early version of a new project will sometimes be dismissed as a toy. It's a good sign when people do this. That means it has everything a new idea needs exc
by boberoni 3y ago
"An early version of a new project will sometimes be dismissed as a toy. It's a good sign when people do this. That means it has everything a new idea needs except scale, and that tends to follow." [1]
[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html http://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
- optimalsolver 3y agoStrong disagree. In AI, many cool ideas blow up when meeting anything close to real world inputs.
- pseg134 3y agoThat is the perfect attitude for you then. Please ignore this toy and use only the Webscale tech blessed by google.
- jdiff 3y agoThis is a horribly disingenuous and dismissive response. Sometimes good ideas fundamentally just don't work, they miss foundational issues that make them incompatible with reality. That just happens sometimes. Not everything can be polished up and made into something useful.