Szepesvari on mathematicians' AI letter: it targets benchmark culture, not the people
CsabaSzepesvari · x · 2026-09-13
RL pioneer Csaba Szepesvari weighs in on the mathematicians' open letter controversy. He argues the public misreads it as "AI is bad," when it actually singles out AI companies' benchmarking culture while pointedly leaving people out of the discussion; he also mocks math being used for marketing — unlike sports, companies here just crash the field with a tank.
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