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Re:I got fooled by AI-for-science hype–here's what it taught me by dwroberts on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:21AM (#44039118)
But it only seems to be labs and companies that also have a vested interest in selling it as a product that are able to achieve these breakthroughs. Which is a little suspect, right?
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Re:I got fooled by AI-for-science hype–here's what it taught me by swyx on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:54AM (#44039340)
too tinfoil hat. google is perfectly happy to spend billions dogfooding their own TPUs and not give the leading edge to the public.
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Re:I got fooled by AI-for-science hype–here's what it taught me by dwroberts on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @05:52AM (#44039709)
I’m not saying they’re phoney - just we need to take this stuff with a big pinch of salt.

The Microsoft paper around the quantum “ breakthrough ” is in a different field, but maybe a good example of why we need to be a little more cautious of research-as-marketing

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