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On the second point, it’s worth noting how many of the most vocal and well-positioned critics of LLMs (Marcus/Pinker in particular) represent the still academic

On the second point, it’s worth noting how many of the most vocal and well-positioned critics of LLMs (Marcus/Pinker in particular) represent the still academically dominant but now known to be losing side of the debate over connectionism. The anthology from the 90s Talking Nets is phenomenal to see how institutionally marginalized figures like Hinton were until very recently. Off-topic, but I couldn’t find your contact info and just saw your now closed polyglot submission from last year. Look into technical sales/solution architecture roles at high growth US startups expanding into the EU. Often these companies hire one or two non-technical native speakers per EU country/region, but only have a handful of SAs from a hub office so language skills are of much more use. Given your interest in the topic, check out OpenAI and Anthropic in particular.

anal_reactor 1y ago
Thanks for the advice. Currently I have a €100k job where I sit and do nothing. I'm wondering if I should coast while it lasts, or find something more meaningful
- agentcoops 1y ago
  The timeless dilemma! I don't know how old you are, but just don't let the experience break your internal motivation as it can be hard to recover -- and remember however much 100k is and however much you save, it's still many years at that salary to genuine retirement. I don't know what equity packages are like these days at OpenAI/Anthropic, but especially if you're interested in the topic and have strong beliefs about how AI should play out in the world it's worth considering rolling the dice on a 2-4 year sprint. I imagine SA type positions at either of those companies are some of the most interesting roles, especially working in legacy industries/government [1], since you'd get to see firsthand how/where it's most effective (to say nothing of honing your language skills). Good luck regardless! [1] https://openai.com/careers/solutions-architect-public-sector/ https://openai.com/careers/solutions-architect-public-sector... for example - listed salary is 2x your current in the US, not sure what the salary is like in the EU.

anal_reactor 1y ago

Thanks for the advice. Currently I have a €100k job where I sit and do nothing. I'm wondering if I should coast while it lasts, or find something more meaningful

agentcoops 1y ago
The timeless dilemma! I don't know how old you are, but just don't let the experience break your internal motivation as it can be hard to recover -- and remember however much 100k is and however much you save, it's still many years at that salary to genuine retirement. I don't know what equity packages are like these days at OpenAI/Anthropic, but especially if you're interested in the topic and have strong beliefs about how AI should play out in the world it's worth considering rolling the dice on a 2-4 year sprint. I imagine SA type positions at either of those companies are some of the most interesting roles, especially working in legacy industries/government [1], since you'd get to see firsthand how/where it's most effective (to say nothing of honing your language skills). Good luck regardless! [1] https://openai.com/careers/solutions-architect-public-sector/ https://openai.com/careers/solutions-architect-public-sector... for example - listed salary is 2x your current in the US, not sure what the salary is like in the EU.