AI research driven by intrinsic interest rather than safety agenda
xuenay · x · 2026-08-21
The author argues that more people in AI should find models intrinsically interesting without a specific agenda. He recalls confusion within the linguistics community regarding the dismissal of deep learning and GPT-3, despite their relevance to language understanding. He emphasizes that hands-on experimentation with LLMs provides insights that passive study for safety reasons cannot match.
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