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> Doing AI research at the moment can feel like participating in a war. And from Adolph Hitler to Dutch Schulz. it is widely known that going to war can lead to
by abc-1 2y ago
> Doing AI research at the moment can feel like participating in a war. And from Adolph Hitler to Dutch Schulz. it is widely known that going to war can lead to grave outcomes including psychopathy, divorce and suicide.
Brother… Please… you’re an AI researcher probably making half a million dollars a year to screw around with hyperparams or cuda kernels, shoveling some of the worst python code I’ve ever seen. Get over it.
- pizza 2y agoAre you aware that this man killed himself?
- abc-1 2y agoThat’s mental illness, doesn’t mean being a well paid AI researcher is equivalent to fighting in WW2, sorry.
- patrickhogan1 2y agoHe just lost a teammate. That kind of loss hits hard, no matter someone's salary or position. The pace of AI progress is genuinely unsettling for many people in every profession right now. I’m thankful that engineers at frontier labs are being transparent.
- fragmede 2y agoIt would feel a bit more honest if you quoted the very next line: > Of course, this is not to equate participation in AI research with physical combat in a ‘literal war’.