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respeckKnuckles t1_irw4idm wrote

Gary Marcus's twitter is a firehose of unwarranted pessimism, but occasionally he'll retweet or interact with a legitimate, balanced criticism.

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Chhatrapati_Shivaji t1_irwlt82 wrote

Who is this guy btw and why does he seen so upset with current trends in ML? I ask since I only know his name due to the recent Twitter feud he had with Lecun.

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respeckKnuckles t1_irwn0vj wrote

NYU professor who published a few "pop-sciency" books on AI-related stuff. Like many in his generation, he got some attention for taking a contrarian stance on what current approaches to AI can do, and decided to go extremist with it. I'm not sure he's much more than a full-time angry twitterer now.

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