AI Researchers Rally Behind Schmidhuber: 'The Community Owes Him an Apology'
irinarish · x · 2026-09-04
Researcher Delip Rao posted that "the broader AI community owes a strong apology to Schmidhuber — you may not like the man, but don't let that get in the way of liking his brilliance," with Apsar Nathchandar adding that Schmidhuber is the most creative AI researcher in the field's history and deserves more celebration. A rare public show of support for the oft-controversial deep learning pioneer.
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