[Xcelerate]

> We sure are going up this gradient quickly. But I don't think it's going to get us to a global maximum.

Yes, however, this process has the nice side effect of spurring a huge interest in fundamental AI research, which will lead to alternative algorithms that ultimately perform better.

[rspeer]

Wait, how? It seems to me that it gives people an easy way to focus on one area of AI, saying "Guess we didn't need fundamental AI research after all".