Researcher cheers NYC marathon by telling fast runners to slow down: it's a marathon, not a sprint
OfirPress · x · 2026-11-05
AI researcher Ofir Press shares a self-aware joke: while spectating the NYC marathon, every time he spotted someone running fast, he asked them to slow down, telling them "it's a marathon, not a sprint"—a wry nod to the acceleration debates in AI.
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