Researchers joke: academia is the worst research org, except VC-run labs in SF
mjdramstead · x · 2026-11-09
Eli Sennesh quipped that academia is the worst way of organizing research—except for VCs pretending a lab is a company, which SF tries from time to time. Jonathan Fine added a deadpan joke about being accepting of 'alternative lifestyle choices like academia,' with mjdramstead amplifying it. A wry take on the academia vs VC-style AI lab debate circulating among researchers.
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