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Tfw I take AI too seriously and explain it too clearly so nobody even gets mad
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I am entirely 100% unsurprised it isn't making anyone mad :D David is taking AI seriously in this post. It's mostly theater to the people who talk the most about. This is as relevant to the theater as astronomy is to astrology.
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Only a sensationalist critique can penetrate a sensationalist discourse. Friend of mine has a similar problem: he writes coherently, non-sensationally and with carefully evidence about animal rights and veganism, and is surprised when he gets less traction than he expects
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Don't know about obvious (it's the sort of argument you evaluate on solidity rather than obviousness). Coming from the adjacent field of control theory which does in fact obsess over the science/math bits of the domain (convergence/stability, new interestingness) it seemed solid
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A sensationalist headline like "AI is not science" would get you more traction, while still not being too far off from what you're actually saying
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That’s probably true! I am trying to be constructive. Partly because when I point out bogosity in AI hype lots of people say “nay-sayers and critics never produce anything valuable”… Writing this, I found that I care more about progress in AI even than I had realized.