When the bubble bursts...
Consider the following facts:
1. NIPS submission are up 50% this year to ~4800 papers.
2. There is significant evidence that the process of reviewing papers in machine learning is creaking under several years of exponentiating growth.
3. Public figures often overclaim the state of AI.
4. Money rains from the sky on ambitious startups with a good story.
5. Apparently, we now even have a fake conference website
http://hunch.net/?p=9604328
Consider the following facts:
1. NIPS submission are up 50% this year to ~4800 papers.
2. There is significant evidence that the process of reviewing papers in machine learning is creaking under several years of exponentiating growth.
3. Public figures often overclaim the state of AI.
4. Money rains from the sky on ambitious startups with a good story.
5. Apparently, we now even have a fake conference website
http://hunch.net/?p=9604328