Highlight of #NeurIPS2018 was feeling of belonging for first time in years..last I felt that way was 2012. Countless women and men said that I spoke on their behalf when they could not. Hope this is the return of civility to our #MachineLearning conferences
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And let us make our review process healthy. If you want to improve
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And let us stop leaderboard chasing of flawed benchmarks. Don't blindly chase a trend just because it came from a famous lab. Be critical and let us start doing so openly. Be honest. Carry out extensive baseline experiments. Publish negative results
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More importantly, go back to fundamentals. Low hanging fruits of
#DeepLearning are getting exhausted. You will need creativity + hard work. You will need techniques outside#DeepLearning to make a unique impact. Invest in that learning and focus on long term.Show this thread
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THIS. 100% this. I get so turned off by the tone of these debates.
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Not to mention that it's not really an either-or in any case.
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So so much yes. As someone who literally was silent on Twitter for awhile because of this toxicity, I cannot agree with you more. Thank you for everything. You are an inspiration.
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I hope I can dissent a little. I think one good thing is that the debates are conducted in the open. Even if most participants are effectively voiceless, ignored and looked down on (excepting a kind few) for not being part of the in-group, the chance of participating is not nil.
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As stupid as the statistics vs. machine learning debate
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It's a general rule in academia that ad-hominem attacks happen when the science can't speak for itself...
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