Pedro Domingos
Portuguese computer scientist; professor emeritus of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington. Author of The Master Algorithm (2015) and the novel 2040 (2024); writes essays and posts on machine learning and against restrictive AI regulation.
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What they believe
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Research funding is currently broken.
Research funding is badly broken. Scientists spend a large fraction of their time writing grant proposals, which are largely speculative fiction.
timeshighereducation.comSaid 17 Feb 2022This on korrents
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The lessons learned by the AI community regarding cancel culture can be generalized to other professional subcultures.
And as I explain below, the lessons that members of the AI community have learned in this regard can be generalized to other professional subcultures.
quillette.comSaid 27 Jan 2021This on korrents
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Beliefs
Korrents What they believe 8 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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Research funding is currently broken.
Research funding is badly broken. Scientists spend a large fraction of their time writing grant proposals, which are largely speculative fiction.
ADVERTISEMENT Said 17 Feb 2022
Scientific research should be funded based on results rather than plans.
Scientific research is now an industry, for better or worse, and it should be funded like any other industry: by results.
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A pay-per-publication model would increase innovation and decrease waste in research funding.
Pay-per-pub, as we may call this approach, will unleash a wave of innovation in research funding, increasing the collective intelligence of the system while decreasing waste.
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The lessons learned by the AI community regarding cancel culture can be generalized to other professional subcultures.
And as I explain below, the lessons that members of the AI community have learned in this regard can be generalized to other professional subcultures.
Skip to content Said 27 Jan 2021
The cancel crowd's short attention span is a significant weakness in their tactics.
The real Achilles's Heel of the cancel crowd is its short attention span.
Skip to content Said 27 Jan 2021
Artificial intelligence is unlikely to turn against humans because algorithms lack their own will.
But that is unlikely to happen because they have no will of their own.
Skip to main content Said 1 Sept 2018
The progress of AI, like the progress of everything else, will eventually plateau.
The progress of AI, like the progress of everything else, will eventually plateau.
Skip to main content Said 1 Sept 2018
Within a decade, individuals will likely have an AI companion known as a digital double.
Within a decade or so each one of us will probably have a "digital double," an AI companion that will be even more indispensable than our smartphones are today.
Skip to main content Said 1 Sept 2018
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Where they publish
Site homes.cs.washington.edu/~pedrod Personal page: bio, books, papers, talks and a list of his op-eds
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Blog Pedro Domingos on Medium Essays such as 'There's Only One Good Way to Regulate AI' and 'Ten Myths About Machine Learning'
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x.com @pmddomingos Frequent posts on AI, machine learning, regulation and culture-war arguments in academia
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