FAIR researcher: cheap fast shallow thinking is replacing deep slow thinking
f_charton · x · 2026-10-17
Asked for his top concerns about AI, Meta FAIR math-AI researcher François Charton named two: the replacement of deep, slow thinking by cheap, fast, shallow thinking — already visible in AI/CS — and damage to the community, with fewer incentives to share and collaborate plus radicalizing views on AI.
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