Comment by otabdeveloper4
2 years ago
And I will, that passage is intentionally written to mislead in a self-serving way. If you know the math behind it you understand that it's technically correct, but a layman or a cursory reading will leave you with a wildly incorrect idea.
It's above my pay grade for sure, but you can get in touch with him at either Microsoft Research, the Royal Academy of Engineering, or the Royal Society, where he holds fellowships. Might want to cc: Yoshua Benjio, who seems to be laboring under similar misapprehensions.