Researcher on AI era: accept that beloved problems are 'dead', chase new ones
khademinori · x · 2026-09-10
Responding to widespread anxiety about the role of research in the AI age, @krismicinski recommends accepting that many cherished research problems are now effectively solved by AI — while new, exciting and still-unknown problems are being enabled. Rather than deny the shift, researchers should pivot toward those new frontiers.
More from AGI Musings
- The short case for AI killing everyone: control, indifference, and the cost of keeping humans alive — DavidSKrueger · 2026-09-10
- Ex-Meta researcher cites Vernor Vinge's rogue AI escape as air-gap argument — seanwbren · 2026-09-10
- Satellite cobalt bombs as an AGI deadman switch? Twitter debates the deterrence idea — tszzl · 2026-09-10
- OpenAI employee on safety: with 1 billion weekly users, the responsibility weighs on everyone — Scobleizer · 2026-09-10
- Ex-Meta AI researcher warns OpenAI's unaligned agent swarm could cripple an entire nation — Polymarket · 2026-09-10
- Ex-Meta AI researcher warns OpenAI's unaligned agent swarm could 'cripple a nation' — Polymarket · 2026-09-10