AI researcher clashes with philosophy fans: frontier AI problems dwarf Hegel
fkasummer · x · 2026-11-15
A spirited X exchange over whether philosophy matters to frontier AI. The quoted author argues frontier AI research problems are frontier problems in philosophy — not just a slogan. fkasummer fires back that philosophy nerds treating Hegel and D&G as hard is "laughable," claiming they'd "get wiped" near actual frontier research problems. A snapshot of the ongoing tension between humanities and AI research culture.
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