Re:The end of AI winter?
by dejb on Thursday October 01, 2009 @07:44PM
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> This overselling soaked up the funding with empty promises and killed more basic longterm research. Lets hope serious researchers find a way to get their research funded again, despite the AI shills.
I think this is uncalled for. What makes those who worked on some of these AI problems any different from the founders of an unsuccessful startup? Both have a belief that a particular idea/plan will work and both seek to convince others to join/fund them.
Nobody really knew that many AI problems would be so tough. The people who worked on them expected success. Only through their failures did we know for sure that the problems where a lot harder than we thought.
Re:The end of AI winter?
by enki on Thursday October 01, 2009 @09:44PM
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i agree it was worth a shot, but it's still a shame they took away the funding from people with more promising approaches and stigmatized the field for decades.
I think this is uncalled for. What makes those who worked on some of these AI problems any different from the founders of an unsuccessful startup? Both have a belief that a particular idea/plan will work and both seek to convince others to join/fund them.
Nobody really knew that many AI problems would be so tough. The people who worked on them expected success. Only through their failures did we know for sure that the problems where a lot harder than we thought.