This is not a comment on the original article per se (it was in Financial Times), but rather on the headline itself.
Can we please stop calling them "Godfathers" of AI??
Not for any politically-correct reasons as such (though that it is), but it is infuriating to see the same old 3-4 people named in this category (yes, all male, all white) equated to the head of organized crime syndicates.
Are you not familiar with the Christian tradition of having godparents participate in a child's baptism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godparent It's a way to say that although they didn't make the breakthrough (like biological parents) they were still involved spiritually (like godparents).
aanet•8mo ago
Can we please stop calling them "Godfathers" of AI??
Not for any politically-correct reasons as such (though that it is), but it is infuriating to see the same old 3-4 people named in this category (yes, all male, all white) equated to the head of organized crime syndicates.
Here are 10-20 terms that will do just fine:
Trailblazers Pioneers Architects Foundational architects Visionaries Pathfinders Catalysts Innovators Early architects Groundbreakers
yorwba•8mo ago