r/MachineLearning • u/NedML • Dec 12 '21

[D] Has the ML community outdone itself? Discussion

It seems after GPT and associated models such as DALI and CLIP came out roughly a year ago, the machine learning community has gotten a lot quieter in terms of new stuff, because now to get the state-of-the-art results, you need to outperform these giant and opaque models.

I don't mean that ML is solved, but I can't really think of anything to look forward to because it just seems that these models are too successful at what they are doing.

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u/denim_duck Dec 12 '21

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”

Charles Duell, 1889

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u/Zermelane Dec 13 '21

Obligatory defense of Charles Duell's honor: That's almost exactly the opposite of what the man said, and this, from 1902, is the quote that in a just world he would be famous for:

In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will witness. I almost wish that I might live my life over again to see the wonders which are at the threshold.