I'm on the cover of the weekly Le Point, as some sort of tiny éminence grise pulling the strings behind @elonmusk
, @sundarpichai
, @kaifulee and a larger-than-life Sam Altman. The title reads "AI, the battle to control our brains" I just want to say that I have no intention of
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AI Leaders and the Battle for Control Over Technology
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Only Three Actual AI Researchers on This Influential List
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Remarkably, there are only 3 actual #AI researchers/inventors on this list. It's more like a list of rich people with an interest in #AI. The Who’s Who Behind the Modern Artificial Intelligence Movement
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Google Research and Meta GenAI Publishing Practices Differ
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Yes. For example, large swaths of "Google Research" never publish.
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Long-term Research Impact in Large Established Companies
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The point is that it is much easier to have a large impact with long-term basic research in a company that has a very large, profitable, and diverse business.
In practice, that means large companies that are sufficiently well established to not have to worry about short-term -
FAIR’s Scientific Breakthroughs and Open-Source Impact
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You seem extremely misinformed.
FAIR has *simultaneously* produced scientific breakthroughs, insanely popular open-source packages, libraries, and platforms (e.g. PyTorch), *and* had an *enormous* impact on the company.
Lots of technologies originally developed at FAIR made their -
E/acc Movement Gains Momentum Despite Forbes Controversy
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Standing in solidarity with @beffjezos and the e/acc movement. It was a lame move by Forbes, but we won't be deterred. It's time to accelerate even more…
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FAIR Research Impact Versus AT&T Bell Labs Legacy
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In many ways, FAIR is *better* than AT&T Bell Labs.
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Open Research in Industry Labs: Path to Academia
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The number of industry labs that practice open research and encourage scientists to publish can be counted on the finger of one hand (if that).
FAIR is famous for that.
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FAIR Researchers Career Transitions: Faculty Positions and Hirings
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I haven't kept a list.
it's quite a few, mostly in the last 2 or 3 years because FAIR is still young.
Also, many have done the opposite: quitting a tenure faculty position to come to FAIR.
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Non-obvious AI developments beyond major corporate shake-up
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For Friday’s issue, a recap of some of the non-obvious stuff that happened in AI outside of that one guy getting kicked out of the office for a bit