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This is not a comment on the original article per se (it was in Financial Times), but rather on the headline itself. Can we please stop calling them "Godfather
by aanet 1y ago
This is not a comment on the original article per se (it was in Financial Times), but rather on the headline itself.
Can we please stop calling them "Godfathers" of AI??
Not for any politically-correct reasons as such (though that it is), but it is infuriating to see the same old 3-4 people named in this category (yes, all male, all white) equated to the head of organized crime syndicates.
Here are 10-20 terms that will do just fine:
Trailblazers
Pioneers
Architects
Foundational architects
Visionaries
Pathfinders
Catalysts
Innovators
Early architects
Groundbreakers
- yorwba 1y agoAre you not familiar with the Christian tradition of having godparents participate in a child's baptism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godparent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godparent It's a way to say that although they didn't make the breakthrough (like biological parents) they were still involved spiritually (like godparents).