Log

“Feed Area X but do not antagonize it, and perhaps someone will, through luck or mere repetition, hit upon some explanation, some solution, before the world becomes Area X.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation / Authority / Acceptance

“There are several other reasons why Deep Learning will not provide the whole answer to the problem of building thinking machines. First, we will often want our thinking machines to explain their decisions. Deep Learning is largely a closed box. It cannot meaningfully explain why a particular input gives a certain output. If we are to trust the system, we may want it to explain some of its decisions. Second, we will often want to guarantee certain behaviours. An autonomous car must always stop at a red light. Air traffic control software can never permit two aircraft into the same sector. Deep Learning does not permit such guarantees to be made, and we will likely need more rule-based systems to do this.”
― Toby Walsh, It's Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots

“We have found nothing you can sell. We have found nothing you can put to practical use. We have found no worlds that could be easily or ethically settled, were that end desired. We have satisfied nothing but curiosity, gained nothing but knowledge.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.”
― GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON