1/2 That aficionados to the allure of AI do not understand ML algorithms does not mean to imply that those who build them do not! >>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/05/magical-thinking-about-machine-learning-will-not-bring-artificial-intelligence-any-closer?CMP=share_btn_tw …
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2/2 Through history, alarmist self appointed connoisseurs have inflicted considerable harm to knowledge and science, and so have done those with hidden interested agendas. Please stop!
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Replying to @twitemp1
intriguing, that the CS technology that has (probably) created the highest research output and input in the last decade is now being labelled as “alchemy"
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Replying to @EAlonso20
Indeed! I suspect that these people have very specific interests in promoting a different, classical, unsuccessful approach...
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Replying to @twitemp1
back to KD45. Still plenty to do of course, but labelling this new, amazing, technology as “magic”, “alchemy”, etc does not help
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Replying to @EAlonso20 @twitemp1
Yes! The reason this message remains is because places like Less Wrong stoke the fire of BS 24/7. With stuff like Roko's Basilisk, Bayes versus Science, etc., etc.
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People, academics, need to speak out and often — exactly because the other side is much more vocal and powerful.https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/25/will_ai_spell_the_end_of_humanity_the_tech_industry_wants_you_to_think_so/ …
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Replying to @o_guest @EAlonso20
Yeap, we may need joining forces and avoid hype
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Be careful who you assume is our side here. Sadly many academics are kind of in the LW end of the spectrum, explicitly or implicitly. 
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