That's not how any of this works: Optimistic tech reporting isn't going to ruin AI

Winter is coming, but fear not. According to the experts, we won't need Jon Snow to save us -- it's only coming for our machines. It basically serves as a list of reasons why he thinks deep learning is shit and the community should abandon it and start over. Which is something he and others seem to firmly believe: In his recently published work Marcus posits (at number 5 on his list of hits against the field) that optimists in the media may be to blame for an impending AI winter (a period in which development is shuttered due to lack of interest): By the numbers, this is 10 percent of the reason this guy thinks we should all reconsider the idea of deep learning. He goes on: And boy-howdy is he right.