@AnjneyMidha: if you do not understand the fragility of SOTA research culture you will never be able to retain frontier talent anyone…
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The article argues that understanding the fragility of state-of-the-art research culture is essential for retaining frontier AI talent, criticizing the view that frontier AI is purely engineering.
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if you do not understand the fragility of SOTA research culture
you will never be able to retain frontier talent
anyone who thinks frontier AI is just engineering is dead on arrival
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