Looks like they've changed the process this year to include a rebuttal phase. A very welcome addition.

Only generative AI is in that bubble. RL had a brief moment in the spotlight and is back in its winter phase now.

AI is just a big bubble right now. Thank you for comming to my Ted talk.

I heard that AI training is already releasing as much carbon dioxide as airplanes.

One thing that stood out to me was that none of their agents performed well on boxing or pong, but in my experience, these are the two easiest tasks in the entire Atari suite. They're the games I use as quick sanity checks. How did they manage that?