[vita7777777]

This really is unnecessarily harsh. As someone who's been reading Simon's blog for years and getting a lot of value from his insights and open source work, I'm sad to see such a snap dismissive judgement.

"all sorts of assumptions about [someone's] character" based on one post might not be a smart strategy in life.

[brazukadev]

I'd say is necessarily harsh. It is not as if Simon's opinions on AI were really better than others here that are as technical as his.

He is prolific, and being at the top of every HN thread is what makes him look like a reference but there are other 50+ people talking interesting things about AI that are not getting the deserved attention because every top AI thread we are discussing a pelican riding a bike.