While Model Trains

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Presented 3 at a time.

Choose boring technology

Dan McKinley

On avoiding the excessive adoption of new technologies solely for the sake of it.

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The Bitter Lesson

Richard Sutton

"The biggest lesson that can be read from 70 years of AI research is that general methods that leverage computation are ultimately the most effective, and by a large margin."

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Confession of a so-called AI expert

Chip Huyen

"Even though I’m one of the beneficiary of this AI craze, I can’t help but thinking this will burst. I don’t know how and when, but I have this belief that the system is currently being rigged in favor of people whose resumes dotted with fancy keywords like mine, and a rigged system can’t be sustainable."

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