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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by nlpnerd on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @01:24AM (#50348736)
Yeah, what's with researchers making attention grabbing claims like startup founders these days?
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by spiderfarmer on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @01:27AM (#50348747)
Job offers.
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by gundugi-man on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @01:40AM (#50348813)
attention is all you need
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by pocksuppet on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @02:32AM (#50349131)
We've transitioned from a product economy to an attention economy. Attention = money.
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by fancyfredbot on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:02AM (#50349689)
The product makes the money which pays for the ads which pay for the attention.
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by pocksuppet on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:29AM (#50349844)
The product is not the attention.
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @06:32AM (#50350692)
This year ICLR had more papers than every previous year combined. How is a new PhD* to stand out in such an over-crowded field, not least one saturated with extravagant claims and dominated by industry orgs with unlimited budgets?

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* The first author listed is a first-year Phd according to their X profile: https://x.com/rikiyatakehi/status/2117313742891327994.