Schmidhuber Reiterates He Invented Knowledge Distillation in 1991
SchmidhuberAI · x · 2026-07-04
AI researcher Jürgen Schmidhuber spoke out again, claiming he invented the knowledge distillation technique in 1991 and providing relevant links as evidence. This continues his long-standing position that his early work laid the foundation for many core modern AI technologies.
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