Pedro Domingos coins "the AI lottery": whether AI works well in your field is luck
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-11
Pedro Domingos offers a one-line takeaway: "the AI lottery" — whether AI happens to be good at your field is largely a matter of luck, not choice. A pithy observation on how unevenly model capabilities land across domains.
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