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Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by carlosdp on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:33PM (#21531473)
I never said that, where the hell did I say he pushed anything? All I'm saying is he's shown to be insanely productive and effective and I think he can catch up to the body of research (created and shared by those hundreds of scientists) to become a real contributor very quickly.
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Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by monktastic1 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:30PM (#21532263)
FWIW, "seriously contributing to this kind of problem" sounds basically the same as "pushing the envelope" to me. They both suggest contributing something novel and useful.
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Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by austhrow743 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:06PM (#21532695)
They are basically the same thing.

What are not basically the same thing are "he started seriously contributing to this kind of problem after a week in the woods" and "he spent a week in the woods a year ago and is ready to start contributing now. A year after that week in the woods."

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