DeepMind Researcher: Innovation Stems from Finding New Problems
nathanbenaich · x · 2026-07-13
Google DeepMind researcher Roberta Raileanu shares insights on the path to scientific innovation: true breakthroughs often stem from discovering new problems, rather than merely solving existing ones. The path to innovation requires broad exploration of multiple possibilities, rather than obsessively trying to maximize a single metric.
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