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michele_f

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I totally agree! That’s why, as sad as it can be, a couple of weeks ago I decided to delete my FB and IG accounts.

I tried really hard in signalling inappropriate content, adding manual tags irrelevant for me, but nothing. I got frustrated of unasked violence, road rage acts, sex and physical injuries. Bye bye Meta.

The problem remain for everybody else. I hope governments start to pay close attention and investigate. Meta’s pure evil.

Gary Marcus built almost entirely his public reputation (which is positively correlated with his income) by antagonizing whatever Deep Learning scientist he could reach. He speaks badly about people that worked hard with their hands, brains and souls to make incredibly complex things happen.

Yann Lecun, which I personally met a couple of times, is in a way another sort of typical character: the ever-childish researcher that likes money a lot, to the point of accepting a prestigious role in one of the most deplorable companies in the modern world (at least from an ethical perspective). He also like attention and public display of status: he can’t resist to pick a fight with Gary. From a pure research perspective he’s long dead.

The question is: do we have enough of those two? Can we move on? Thanks.

_Indeed, where ever there has been a financial disaster in the world, if you look around, somewhere in the background, McKinsey & Co. is nearby._

It seems that selection bias is something journalists really struggle with...

I did. Best decision ever!

I live in Milan (Italy), it’s gorgeous, glamorous, full of life, history and art. I wouldn’t say I made any sacrifice, at least after 4 years I still don’t perceive any. Here I feel a citizen, not just a worker. Here I can clearly see a future for me and my family.

I'm not sure whether that is a viable option: after all ISO is a company. But it always stroke me as a paradox the fact that in order to be compliant to standards, one should buy their specifications. Certainly, removing such financial barrier will positively contribute to a quicker adoption and convergence of/to standards.

At the same time, I don't buy in the narrative that sees the ISO organization not wanting precisely that. Therefore I suspect that the current way of promoting standards is unfortunately the best system we've came up to achieve such goal.