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by ghostcluster 2984 days ago
The problem, besides the condescending tone towards everyone around him, is that he doesn't present an understanding of the actual state of the field of AI and deep learning, and what's worse, he cites bad science essays that will misinform more people about how a brain works.

There's a meme going round about how the best way to refute an argument is to 'steelman' it: present the best arguments of the opposing side before refuting them. He doesn't do that here, which is one of the reasons I found it frustrating.

I agree that the way the venture raising market works today rightfully deserves some fair criticism.