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Re:Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing by justinclift on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:19PM (#38315102)
Hmmm, that's the same reputation er... western science has as well.
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Re:Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing by neuronerdgirl on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:17PM (#38322605)
It's really not.
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Re:Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing by gnulinux on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:08PM (#38325102)
It really is. Academia prioritizes quantity over quality. Western less so than Chinese, but nevertheless it's a problem in academia. Peter Higgs (the guy who predicted Higgs Boson) recently talked about it: "Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-...
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