Re:Why I’m quitting GMO research
by smsm42 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @09:06PM
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> As a computer scientist it feels to me like someone is patching the binaries of 'grep' and 'cp' together and hopes to use the resulting binaries to build autonomous drones.
No, it's like applying a patch to a code base, compiling it, testing it and expecting it to work. Which is literally what millions of software engineers do every day.
> So don't get me wrong, I am completely pro research, but also completely against usage outside of laboratories.
What's the point in that research than? Idle curiosity?
> but for me it ends where you could not achieve the same result with a handful of normal breeding cycles.
That's like saying it's ok to run binaries, but only if we compile them by hand on paper without using a compiler. If the result is the same, as even you admit, what's the point of taking the hard route?
No, it's like applying a patch to a code base, compiling it, testing it and expecting it to work. Which is literally what millions of software engineers do every day.
> So don't get me wrong, I am completely pro research, but also completely against usage outside of laboratories.
What's the point in that research than? Idle curiosity?
> but for me it ends where you could not achieve the same result with a handful of normal breeding cycles.
That's like saying it's ok to run binaries, but only if we compile them by hand on paper without using a compiler. If the result is the same, as even you admit, what's the point of taking the hard route?