AGI researcher Nick Cassimatis launches Siri competitor, (rightly) trashes academia as R&D avenuehttp://bit.ly/Tih8fT
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@Plinz Academia in anything like its present form, is a recent development, right? Before the 20th C it was only for a teensy elite -
@bengoertzel 20th century was a good one for Academia. Positivism, modern physics, cybernetics were all children of a freedom thats gone now
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@Plinz I agree that research needs freedom, but I find that academia quite rarely provides freedom ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Plinz academic freedom only exists for tenured professors working in sub-fields that don't require expensive equipment or teamwork ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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