Memories of being an NLP researcher in 1990
EhudReiter · x · 2026-07-20
A reflective blog post about what it was like to be an NLP researcher in 1990, the year the author earned his PhD.
He contrasts that era with 2026: the community was much smaller, but he felt it was often better in some ways, with less pressure and a more open research culture.
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