Re:AI winter is well on its way
by felippee on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:38AM
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Author here: seriously I'm here at the front page for the second day in the a row!?
The sheer viral popularity of this post, which really was just a bunch of relatively loose thoughts indicates that there is something in the air regarding AI winter. Maybe people are really sick of all that hype pumping...
Just a note: I'm a bit overwhelmed so I can't address all the criticism. One thing I would like to state however, is that I'm actually a fan of connectionism. I think we are doing it naively though and instead of focusing on the right problem we inflate a hype bubble. There are applications where DL really shines and there is no question about that. But in case of autonomy and robotics we have not even defined the problems well enough, not to mention solving anything. But unfortunately, those are the areas where most best/expectations sit, therefore I'm worried about the winter.
The sheer viral popularity of this post, which really was just a bunch of relatively loose thoughts indicates that there is something in the air regarding AI winter. Maybe people are really sick of all that hype pumping...
Just a note: I'm a bit overwhelmed so I can't address all the criticism. One thing I would like to state however, is that I'm actually a fan of connectionism. I think we are doing it naively though and instead of focusing on the right problem we inflate a hype bubble. There are applications where DL really shines and there is no question about that. But in case of autonomy and robotics we have not even defined the problems well enough, not to mention solving anything. But unfortunately, those are the areas where most best/expectations sit, therefore I'm worried about the winter.