Metadata
- Author: Nathan Lambert
- Full Title:: Behind the Curtain: What It Feels Like to Work in AI Right Now
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://robotic.substack.com/p/behind-the-curtain-ai
- Finished date:: 2023-04-07
Highlights
It seems like everyone is simultaneously extremely motivated and extremely close to burning out (View Highlight)
serious be the first or be the best syndrome (View Highlight)
Acknowledging these pressures and steering around them is the only way to do this work for a longer timeline (View Highlight)
Eventually, safety concerns could easily trump my desire for technical progress. This sort of sociotechnical urgency is something I did not expect to feel in AI development for quite some time (View Highlight)
Most of the things I’m trying to implement come down to being process rather than outcome-oriented (View Highlight)
When things are moving so fast, it’s good to remember that sometimes you’ll waste a lot of effort or get scooped. The best thing you can do is to just accept it and keep going on your process. You’re not alone in this one. (View Highlight)