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DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
But when you write something like this, do you also understand that their actual research is widely considered to be of a high quality and very important? So if you agree that ethics is important, would you leave them off a top 10 list (and who would you put on)?
DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
It is a valid criticism that the headline is clickbaity.
DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
It says the high point is 2017, not the last good paper. There are of course other good papers coming out go Google. But the novelty is dropping and the angst is increasing.
DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
Ha ha *no agenda, I mean. ..... Maybe my subconscious has an agenda I don't know about :-)
DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
More like they are using a hammer to put screw in the wall. But close enough :-)
DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
Please read the article. I address some of the issues raised. My point is that Gebru's firing is symptomatic of some deep problems Google are experiencing. Thank you.
DavidSumpter··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
I am the author. I think it is interesting with this "axe to grind" response (there was another above). I am an independent researcher, a professor at a University. And I have absolutely no reason to be disappointed with Google. My knowledge of this subject goes considerably deeper than I write in the article, but it is important to get the points across in an easy to follow manner. Thus I use certain literary devices. But I think it isn't fair to describe my opinion as a "axe to grind". I might (of course) be wrong, but there is agenda.
DavidSumpter··on How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”
I am the professor who translated the article from Swedish. I agree that anyone can be a scientist. But, as you Erikson neither has qualifications, nor does he show understanding and nor does he use the scientific method. So very poor all round.