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Exactly, we are in a very early phase. However, the hype wave is driving a dangerous level of premature deployment of half-baked parlour tricks or the over reliance on simple algorithms where there are real consequences. i.e. prison sentences and insurance eligibility and yes, autonomous vehicles.

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I don't know if this is against HN "rules" - but I'm going to give you an explanation anyhow.

I downvoted one of your comments that was essentially a cut-and-paste of this comment here; I have noticed that you have done this more than once here within the comments.

Please refrain from doing this; it seems to add nothing but noise to the conversation. If you believe your commentary has merit within the context of the thread at hand, do your best to restate that opinion in an original manner, not by simply copying and repeating the exact same statement.

I hope this explanation clarifies why I downvoted you; I believe your comment does have merit to the discussion as a whole, but posting it once should be enough to reach the audience with it's intended message.

OK, under most circumstances that is a fair point, and I personally hate astroturfers, but in this case I feel the comment was equally valid as an answer to two threads that were physically separate - and could have ended up in vastly different places. If there is a way to link to an existing comment then let me know and I'll use that method in future :-)

Very good point. At least you can feel the pushback against that in the industry. It's a fraught time, but the AI community feels extremely proactive.

It is however an uphill battle when these 80% systems offer such immediate gains. We really need governments to be informed and active.

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