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My favorite bit so far: "After the first year or two, you'll have some idea of what subfield you are going to be working in. At this point---or even earlier---i
by ryanmahoski 18y ago
My favorite bit so far: "After the first year or two, you'll have some idea of what subfield you are going to be working in. At this point---or even earlier---it's important to get plugged into the Secret Paper Passing Network. This informal organization is where all the action in AI really is. Trend-setting work eventually turns into published papers---but not until at least a year after the cool people know all about it. Which means that the cool people have a year's head start on working with new ideas."
- ryanmahoski 18y agoIt goes on to say: "...So cool people hardly ever learn about their subfield from published journal articles; those come out too late...You, too, can be a cool people. Here are some heuristics for getting connected."
- DaniFong 18y agoI suspect that this, more than anything else, is why traditional journals are doomed to become archives. With the net, you can just post what you've done, and good stuff will filter to the top. Just like everything else.