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> Now, as CTO and co-founder of Tokyo-based Sakana AI, Jones is explicitly abandoning his own creation. "I personally made a decision in the beginning of this y
by bangaladore 1y ago
> Now, as CTO and co-founder of Tokyo-based Sakana AI, Jones is explicitly abandoning his own creation. "I personally made a decision in the beginning of this year that I'm going to drastically reduce the amount of time that I spend on transformers," he said. "I'm explicitly now exploring and looking for the next big thing."
So, this is really just a BS hype talk. This is just trying to get more funding and VCs.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoIt would be hype talk if he said and my next big thing is X.
- bangaladore 1y agoWell, that's why he needs funding. Hasn't figured out what the next big thing is.
- htrp 1y agoanyone know what they're trying to sell here?
- aydyn 1y agoprobably AI
- gwbas1c 1y agoThe ability to do original, academic research without the pressure to build something marketable.
- YeGoblynQueenne 1y agoScandalous.
- YC3498723984327 1y agoHis AI company is called "Fish AI"?? Does it mean their AI will have the intelligence of a fish?
- bangaladore 1y agoWithout transformers, maybe. /s
- prmph 1y agoHope were not talking about eels
- v3ss0n 1y agoOr Fishy?
- astrange 1y agoIt's about collective intelligence, as seen in swarms of ants or fish.
- ivape 1y agoHe sounds a lot like how some people behave when they reach a "top". Suddenly that thing seems unworthy all of a sudden. It's one of the reasons you'll see your favorite music artist totally go a different direction on their next album. It's an artistic process almost. There's a core arrogance involved, that you were responsible for the outcome and can easily create another great outcome.
- bigyabai 1y agoWhen you're overpressured to succeed, it makes a lot of sense to switch up your creative process in hopes of getting something new or better. It doesn't mean that you'll get good results by abandoning prior art, either with LLMs or musicians. But it does signal a sort of personal stress and insecurity, for sure.
- ivape 1y agoIt's a good process (although, many take it to its common conclusion which is self-destruction). It's why the most creative people are able to re-invent themselves. But one must go into everything with both eyes open, and truly humble themselves with the possibility that that may have been the greatest achievement of their life, never to be matched again. I wonder if he can simply sit back and bask in the glory of being one of the most important people during the infancy of AI. Someone needs to interview this guy, would love to see how he thinks.
- dekhn 1y agoMany researchers who invent something new and powerful pivot quickly to something new. that's because they're researchers, and incentive is to develop new things that subsume the old things. Other researchers will continue to work on improving existing things and finding new applications to existing problems, but they rarely get as much attention as the folks who "discover" something new.
- ASalazarMX 1y agoAlso, not all researchers have the fortune of doing the research they would want to. If he can do it, it would be foolish not to take the opportunity.
- cheschire 1y agoWell he got your attention didn't he?
- brandall10 1y agoAttention is all he needs.
- osener 1y agoReminds me of the headline I saw a long time ago: “50 years later, inventor of the pixel says he’s sorry that he made it square.”
- LogicFailsMe 1y agoSadly, he probably needs a lot more or he's gonna go all Maslow...
- Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y agolink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
- elicash 1y agoWhy wouldn't this both be an attempt to get funding and also him wanting to do something new? Certainly if he was wanting to do something new he'd want it funded, too?
- energy123 1y agoIt's also how curious scientists operate, they're always itching for something creative and different.
- password54321 1y agoIf it was about money it would probably be easier to double down on something proven to make revenue rather than something that doesn't even exist. Edit: there is a cult around transformers.
- mirekrusin 1y agoIdeal architecture would be the one you can patent. Imagine if transformer architecture was patented. Imagine how much innovation patent system would generate - because that’s why it exists in the first place, right? It’s not patented and you see how much harm it creates? Nobody knows about it, AI winter is in full swing. We need more patents everywhere.