Re:After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullyi...
by AussieWog93 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:46PM
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>This is ridiculous. Jobs have pretty clear, if arbitrary at times, functions.
In large organisations, yes. If you work for yourself or for a startup, though, you're typically just doing whatever needs to be done.
Re:After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullyi...
by aaron-santos on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:44PM
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> without doing a deep dive and learning the field itself.
My response would be to ask about the employer's continuing education program. I could see myself taking a Russian studies program and get that report back in 2-3 years if tuition and time was 100% covered by the employer.
Re:After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullyi...
by beerandt on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:32PM
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This is the correct approach, if done properly.
If it really ends up being a useful task and not pointless, your boss should be willing to expend additional resources in addition to your time. You take it seriously, which requires additional resources if it's outside the scope of your job or knowledge.
And they should be happy to provide those resources if the task needs to be done.
This is ridiculous. Jobs have pretty clear, if arbitrary at times, functions. You wouldn’t ask a chef to brief you on Russian political history, a field of itself that is vastly nuanced just as much as AI itself, nor would you ask a data scientist. It isn’t because job function can’t change it’s because people have careers and an AI researches is not likely to be able to actually brief one on Russian political history without doing a deep dive and learning the field itself.