📉🤖 Oh, look! Another treatise on why #academia swapped out rational math for the lazy allure of "good enough" #AI. Apparently, #ImageNet and the irresistible siren call of not specifying goals have won over academia's finest. Way to go, Guy Freeman, for enlightening us on how to achieve #mediocrity in the most complex way possible. 🎓💡
https://gfrm.in/posts/why-decision-theory-lost/index.html #rationality #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
Why We Stopped Using the Mathematics That Works – Guy Freeman

Someone asked why decision theory stopped being widely used in AI. The answer involves ImageNet, academic departments, and the seductive power of not having to specify your objectives.

Guy Freeman