François Fleuret's AI metaphor: eager labradors storming the mushroom forest
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-10-09
Former Meta/Apple researcher François Fleuret offers a vivid metaphor for the math/AI situation: centuries of skilled mushroom hunters suddenly joined by a moul of extremely enthusiastic labradors — AI brute-forcing its way into domains humans refined over ages.
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