ML researcher: discipline yourself to think before asking the AI oracle
johnowhitaker · x · 2026-10-28
johnowhitaker argues that as AI instantly answers ever more questions, it's worth keeping a discipline of not grabbing the answer immediately: learn just enough, reason it through yourself, then consult the oracle. He adds that entering a new field gives great learning signal — proposing ideas that colleagues and AI patiently correct as already-existing or crazy.
More from AGI Musings
- Europe's share of global tech R&D collapsed from 23% to 8% since 2005 — NinaDSchick · 2026-10-29
- Europe's chip gap: the case for Eurofab, an RSI-ready EUV fab on European soil — S_OhEigeartaigh · 2026-10-29
- 'We generated a proof but haven't checked it' is the new 'downloaded the PDF, haven't read it' — miniapeur · 2026-10-29
- Neurovium: a proposed unified discipline of neural computation and cognition — neurovium · 2026-10-28
- Could iMessage Agents Be Apple's Next App Store-Scale Business? — signulll · 2026-10-28
- Luke Wroblewski: The Job Market You're Applying to No Longer Exists — LukeW · 2026-10-28