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It's about actual capacity to make an impact.
At a major company as an "AI" practitioner, you have immense amounts of data to play with, a huge budget and (relatively) little oversight.
As a researcher, you have to teach classes to undergrads, write grant proposals and scrounge around for data and project funding.
Which do you think you'd rather do if you care about making functional progress in your field?
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It's about actual capacity to make an impact.
At a major company as an "AI" practitioner, you have immense amounts of data to play with, a huge budget and (relatively) little oversight.
As a researcher, you have to teach classes to undergrads, write grant proposals and scrounge around for data and project funding.
Which do you think you'd rather do if you care about making functional progress in your field?