I'd say that the ability to ignore groupthink, and reason on your own about a hyped-up new technology, from first principles, is one of the most important qualities to have as a technologist. Rare, maybe because it requires extensive familiarity with tech & econ first principles
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A difficulty in doing all this, IME, is that it requires both a great willingness to listen to & learn from others who are more expert, & then the drive to go beyond conventional wisdom, & reinvent from first principles. Very different skills, even arguably somewhat anti-aligned
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I would therefore like to know, who among the DL community are actually seeking novel first principles? The only prominent research who seems to be trying to think differently is Hinton. Everyone else seems to be thinking in the same way. Just look at what made it through ICLR.
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