Fei-Fei Li: R&D is forking into token-abundant and token-starved research
drfeifei · x · 2026-09-09
Fei-Fei Li shared a report arguing that the world of R&D is forking into two paths: token-abundant and token-starved research, with the future belonging to the former. She points to the breathtaking progress of top AI industry teams and neolabs, where researchers' human brilliance is supercharged by AI assistance, and calls on every research university president to read the report and reflect on the future of higher-education research.
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