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Academic research is the worst statusmaxxing grift ever.

Russ Salakhutdinov@rsalakhu · Oct 6

Fun fact about (some) AI researchers / academics: the more senior you get, the more convinced you become that every new AI idea is something you already invented 20 years ago. Or, even better: wait until something actually works and then try convincing everyone that this is

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