[ainch]

The Gaussian Processes underpinning this work are hardly a product of the 'AI Hype Machine' - they've been around for decades, have strong statistical underpinnings, and are being widely explored for experimental design across many disciplines. Reflexive and poorly-informed backlash to any variety of machine learning is no more productive than blindly hyping up LLMs.

[toraway]

Meta Platforms, Inc featuring this technology with a title announcing “AI for American-produced cement and concrete” is, on the other hand, 1000% a product of the AI Hype Machine.

[ainch]

Sure, it's clearly marketing. I think a private company pursuing marketing via open research with open source code (including datasets) is a good trade. A hypey blogpost + research is better than no blogpost and no research.