[azakai]

The optimism is based on the successes so far, some of which are described in this article. Scientists have made progress here.

[dominotw]

no they havent . success so far is totally meaningless and doesn't imply any sort of upward slope .

[azakai]

The researchers in the field disagree with you. Look at conferences like NeurIPS and ICLR to see a steady stream of incremental progress in this area.

[dominotw]

trust the researchers bro

[Bjartr]

What would real progress look like?