Connectionists: Please stop having conversations on this mailing list

Thomas Trappenberg tt at cs.dal.ca
Mon Feb 7 09:29:05 EST 2022


Just brief note (as an example) that I follow the discussion with interest
and, admittedly, sometimes with amusement. I like that good points are
raised in a forum that gives us a platform beyond announcements. It's easy
to skip emails that are of less interest to us.

Cheers, Thomas

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022, 10:15 AM Stephen José Hanson <jose at rubic.rutgers.edu>
wrote:

> Pau,
>
> actually this was exactly what Connectionists was created for:  civil,
> thoughtful discussion about Neural Computation.
>
> It is very lightly moderated and provides a forum for discussion,
> promotion and potential collaborations.
>
> This discussion has been a bit redundant here and there, but for the most
> part reconstructing much of the arguments from the 1980s in the background
> of the DL revolution.
>
> Explainable AI, Neuro-Symbolic models and causal structure have been
> constant concerns of thoughtful folks using, building Neural network
> systems for 40 years.
>
> The threads have gone in predictable ways, but have interesting voices and
> real issues behind them.   Some of this is dialetical (my friend Gary
> Marcus who is a master at this) and some of it hyperbolic.   But all have
> made excellent and interesting points.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Steve
> On 2/5/22 11:29 AM, pau wrote:
>
> Dear connectionists,
>
> To the best of my understanding, the aim of this mailing list is to meet
> the needs of working professionals. I understand by this sharing
> information about events, publications, developments, etc. that can be
> useful for someone who works in this field.
> If someone wants to argue, discuss, praise or assign blame, agree or
> disagree, please do so in private correspondence or in non-work-specific
> social media channels.
>
> Best,
> P.
>
> --
>
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