Eric Xing argues AI university leaders should be practical operators, not distant administrators
YiMaTweets · x · 2026-07-21
YiMaTweets agrees with Eric Xing’s point that in the LLM business and in academia more broadly, university presidents and provosts are better served by being down-to-earth doers and active practitioners.
He says he learned this first-hand while building MBZUAI, reinforcing the idea that leadership in AI institutions should stay close to the work itself.
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