Meta researcher Dimitris Papail: this is the best time ever to be a researcher
DimitrisPapail · x · 2026-10-08
Meta researcher Dimitris Papail tweeted that, however insane it may sound, this is the best time ever to be a researcher — a sentiment enthusiastically endorsed by the well-known account repligate. A one-line take, but from a front-line LLM researcher, reflecting the optimism currently shared among AI researchers.
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