The thing is, academia has always been rather dumb at its main job; analyzing the validity of research. Meaning that, even if the research proves its validity on its own, academia fails to pick it up, preferring to wait for secondary proofs.
It takes a certain kind of a person to go against the flow. Einstein certainly did and it sure wasn't a smooth ride. Even in our days, Geoffrey Hinton wasn't allowed to present on deep learning in AI conferences in the early 2000's, even though the exact same theoretical bases existed then as they do now.
It takes a certain kind of a person to go against the flow. Einstein certainly did and it sure wasn't a smooth ride. Even in our days, Geoffrey Hinton wasn't allowed to present on deep learning in AI conferences in the early 2000's, even though the exact same theoretical bases existed then as they do now.