Choose Your Research Hill: Don't Be the 'Hinting-based Self-Distillation' Person
nrehiew_ · x · 2026-08-19
A tweet offering advice on choosing research directions. The author quips that it is important to choose the right "hill to die on" (i.e., a field worth深耕), using "hinting-based self-distillation" as an example to suggest that certain niche areas might lack long-term value or lead to meaningless involution.
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