Hamming's Classic Talk Resurfaces: Open Doors Choose the Right Problems

Ofir Press resurfaced Richard Hamming's famous 1986 talk "You and Your Research," noting that open-door scientists produce less but work on the right problems, and urging AI researchers to spend at least half their time on communication.

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