I see. I think it's a combination of both of those. I think the collision between academia and industry is a powerful one, because academia can have a much longer-term view and go much deeper on the research side. Industry, obviously, has a much more near-term focus on products and development, so I think there's a serendipity of long-term research, the curiosity of some professor, and then there's a practical notion. If you bring them together and industry says, “Look, here's my shopping list of these five things”, maybe there's a professor who says, “Hey, I know about that.” But at the same time there are four others who are doing something else that won't come to fruition—Geoff Hinton is a great example—for 30 years. We need to support both.
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