ML author Burkov slams resigning AI scientists: 'What the hell was your goal?'
burkov · x · 2026-09-20
- Andriy Burkov, author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book, publicly mocked AI scientists resigning out of fear of building true AI
- He questions whether they joined academia without intending to build AI, or only supported it while it advanced their careers and paid seven-figure wages
- His one-line summary: "What the hell?"
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