Researcher predicts AI academia brain drain to industry, echoing ML's closed-era shift
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-15
RexDouglass argues AI researchers will face the same dilemma ML academics did: the best work now happens behind industry doors, forcing a choice between ignoring reality and accommodating it, likely triggering a brain drain. He adds that ML's open research culture became 'dueling advertisements,' and industry was never bullied or guilted back into revealing trade secrets.
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