[bitL]

We need contrarian voices for both spotting any issues we might have overlooked, and assuring ourselves we know better.

It's still better than what I can read from "LinkedIn influencers" in my feed like "Logistic regression is still the best" or "Self-driving cars will never work because of long tail"...

[JesseMReeves]

It’s a good read but the negativity makes it appear irrational. It would be better if he left the ranting away and focused on the realistic recap without the PR hype.

Note that AI has a history of being stalled by overly pessimist evaluations (Minsky / Papert on the perceptron, Lighthill report).

[dreamcompiler]

AI also has a history of being stalled by believing its own hype (the AI winter of the 1990s). Too much money can kill AI as fast as too little.

[bitL]

Seems to be happening to VR right now...