Why are deep learning technologists so overconfident?
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Deep learning researchers have proved skeptics wrong before, but the past doesn't predict the future.
Deep learning researchers have been predicting for a while that the technology will make various professions obsolete and that self-driving cars are imminent. We’re still waiting. Some have even claimed that they are nearing artificial general intelligence, or AI capable of equalling or exceeding human performance at all tasks. Hype is nothing new to machine learning, but this wave seems different. Billions of dollars in funding have been allocated based on this hype, and it has led to a massive amount of public confusion (which motivated our book). Thanks for reading AI Snake Oil!…
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