Prof. Anima Anandkumar

Interested in ethics and AI, (1) please read The Book of Why by @yudapearl and Enlightenment Now by @sapinker. (2) Follow @black_in_ai, @WiMLworkshop and @DeepIndaba. (3) Make sure that when you choose to discuss AI in China, you include people from there! @kaifulee

I thought Pinker’s recent work had been widely discredited as full of inaccuracies (and lacking sources)?

Hmmm, the sources I’m finding mainly critique the historical and philosophical aspects of the work, e.g.: https://newrepublic.com/article/147391/hype-best … I haven’t read it, so this is only a second-hand opinion, but the more I learn about Pinker, the more troubled I am.

Having read both, I still recommend the book of Pinker Would love to chat once you’ve read it.

Surprised to hear you recommend such shallow punditry and shoddy research. I'm sure you wouldn't accept such low quality work in your own field.

There are plenty of academics who are making a genuine effort to grapple with these important issues. But Pinker is clearly not. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-worlds-most-annoying-man …

Academics should try to understand and engage with criticism. Pinker does not. https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1091410380499210240 …

Again and again leading researchers in fields Pinker doesn't actually understand but still pens confident opinions about point out he's deeply wrong about the basics https://www.salon.com/2019/01/26/steven-pinkers-fake-enlightenment-his-book-is-full-of-misleading-claims-and-false-assertions/ …