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Yudkowsky admits 2007 'reversed stupidity' on neural networks

Yudkowsky admits 2007 'reversed stupidity' on neural networks

Eliezer Yudkowsky joined a thread to explain his 2007 criticism of neural networks, and the exchange became a LessWrong dialogue on 'reversed stupidity,' deep learning's success, and what a mistaken forecast should change about a model of intelligence.

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