Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to visa issues

Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by nisuni on Saturday November 24, 2018 @06:45AM (#18521578)

I believe that identity may affect a person’s ability to do science, since there’s a correlations between identity and economic status.

That said, science is about equality of opportunities, not about equality of outcomes.

This means that we should of course strive for having easier access to universities for people of all backgrounds.

But after that Academia is PURE meritocracy.

Anyone who fights for more graduates with a certain identity, or more researchers with a certain identity, or more professors with a certain identity is SEVERELY misguided.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by andybak on Saturday November 24, 2018 @07:17AM (#18521697)

> But after that Academia is PURE meritocracy.

Are you claiming it is a pure meritocracy or that it aspires to being such? If the former then I think that's remarkably optimistic to the point of naivety so I'll presume you mean the latter.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by nisuni on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:32AM (#18522433)

Academia is not perfectly meritocratic but is most likely the most meritocratic environment in the world, particularly in science.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by vidarh on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:57AM (#18522572)

> But after that Academia is PURE meritocracy.

This is pure naivety.

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