@BrentWRoberts dutifully pursued the 5-HTTLPR mutation, which was supposed to cause depression. By 2010 he realized it doesn't and abandoned the project. Yet, after seemingly conclusive evidence, funding inertia means we're still wasting time & $$ on it.https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/05/07/5-httlpr-a-pointed-review/ …
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I worked briefly at Thinking Machines, which built the Connection Machine, which was by far the largest, most expensive supercomputer of the late 80s. Nearly all were sold on the basis of “it’s a very large, very sleek black box that costs a gigantic amount of money.”
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Billions of dollars are being spent on the current wave of “deep learning” AI. - Superficially looks more like physics than other approaches in the field - Requires large, expensive new equipment - Has “momentum” (created by previous funding)
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"superficially looks more like physics" - what do you mean by this exactly?
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