Evolutionary concept of exaption: when traits evolve for one function & later crucial for another - bones for jaw mechanics ➡️ repurposed into middle ear - magnetrons: radar ➡️ microwave cooking - GPUs: game graphics ➡️ deep learning - U-nets: segmentation ➡️ generative AI 2/
"Long-term innovation depends not only on optimization for current objectives, but on the continued viability of ideas whose value is not yet legible"
Thought-provoking ICML paper on limitations & risks of over-relying on AI benchmarks 1/