AI Academia Quirk: The More Senior You Get, the More Every New Idea Was Yours 20 Years Ago
infoxiao · x · 2026-10-07
The author relays and comments on an observation about AI researchers/academics: the more senior you get, the more convinced you become that every new AI idea is something you invented 20 years ago — or better, wait until something works and then convince everyone it's exactly what you've been saying all along.
The original post describes a conference speaker presenting research in just such a scene. The author jokes that there really is such a thing as "timing the market" in research.
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