Well, AI research is full of pathologies and I don't decry the "influx" of people from the sciences into the field. I'm just worried that the people who enter the field don't understand what's going on because they don't know what's been done before. To the extent that scientists from other fields can bring in the tools that computer science is lacking and a fresh new look at what AI reserach has done so far, then it's great to have them. I'm convinced, like I think you are, that progress towards artificial intelligence can only be achieved by an inter-disciplinary approach.

>> (...) the older generation of csci academics and much more aligned with my view).

That's true and hardbreaking. I don't know what we can do about that. The success of big tech corporations has broken computer science education, I'm afraid, and now all that graduates care about is how to make a six-figure salary at a FAANG.