Backprop

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 18, 2014 by Yann LeCun · across every show →

Everything said about Backprop, oldest first

Dec 18, 2014 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeCun: Backprop designs vision systems better than human engineers
“In fact, those dumb learning algorithms, Backprop, namely, is better at designing vision systems than very experienced engineers and scientists are at designing vision systems.”
Yann LeCun Dec 18, 2014 ▶ 41:04 Yann Lecun, Facebook // Artificial Intelligence // Data Driven #32 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Oct 22, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pedro Domingos predicts Backprop alone will not reach general AI
“I actually do not believe that that's the case. I think Backprop will not get us there.”
Pedro Domingos Oct 22, 2019 ▶ 14:09 Fireside Chat: Pedro Domingos, Head of Machine Learning, DE Shaw (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
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