Zheng He vs Geoffrey Hinton

Zheng He was a Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat who commanded expeditionary treasure voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. His fleet was the largest in the world at the time, consisting of hundreds of massive ships. These voyages were intended to project Chinese power and establish trade networks across the Indian Ocean. Zheng He's expeditio...

Often referred to as the 'Godfather of AI,' Geoffrey Hinton is a cognitive psychologist and computer scientist whose work on backpropagation and neural networks laid the groundwork for the modern AI explosion. His research into deep learning has enabled the development of the large language models and image recognition systems that define the current technological era. Hinton's influence is pervas...