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Re:Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming, But Why Now? by Xcelerate on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:53AM (#12529253)
> We sure are going up this gradient quickly. But I don't think it's going to get us to a global maximum.

Yes, however, this process has the nice side effect of spurring a huge interest in fundamental AI research, which will lead to alternative algorithms that ultimately perform better.

Re:Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming, But Why Now? by rspeer on Monday September 19, 2016 @03:45AM (#12529657)
Wait, how? It seems to me that it gives people an easy way to focus on one area of AI, saying "Guess we didn't need fundamental AI research after all".