The Real Gap Between AI Influencers and ML Graybeards: Curiosity vs Shipping Theater
generativist · x · 2026-09-22
The author argues the biggest gap between modal AI influencers and ML/AI graybeards is that the latter were driven by sheer curiosity and the exhilaration of discovery, while the former tend to be more interested in the pretense of shipping.
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