sick of machine learning hype ...

somebody at work just linked an article titled "Stunning AI Breakthrough Takes Us One Step Closer to the Singularity"

the breakthrough? the next gen of google's AlphaGo program beat the original AlphaGo 100-0. it is impressive!

but getting better at reinforcement learning on a specific task doesn't mean machines are magically going to be superintelligent anytime soon

@thefishcrow @tcql more than that, you literally change shape when you learn -- new pathways in your brain forms, your musculature changes, you might form calluses and so on. your whole body becomes something new to get used to what you're now going through.

wear and tear is what happens to things that aren't made for growing and changing.