I am highly sceptical of the "Expertise" of the "expert" you cite, as a current Ph.D student in a relevant field. The "hot take" also seems highly technically inaccurate, presenting it as a "lossy database" when it's very clear that the average or even more than the 90% percent of the images could not be reproduced. In which way is this a "lossy db"? That, combined with some snark and sound bites, thoroughly turned me off from continuing to read the thread.

I am generally concerned, these days, because it seems like the days when I could just keep my head down and do science is over, and now I have to also defend myself against opportunist hype-masters who probably were jumping on the crypto bandwagon six months ago and now are self proclaimed AI experts.

> I am highly sceptical of the "Expertise" of the "expert" you cite, as a current Ph.D student in a relevant field.

Will you expand on why? This is a big accusation to just throw out without exposition, your disagreement with the notion of a "lossy db" notwithstanding.

You seem to be projecting quite a lot with this comment, re: snark.

A few moments searching quickly show Alex isn't some crypto bandwagoner, and the implication that he is is distinctly unhelpful when trying to judge the value of each participant's comments in this conversation, here and on Twitter.