Interp Researcher's 2026 Advice: Be Ambitious, Pragmatic, and Go Meta
burny_tech · x · 2026-11-10
A reposted one-liner from researcher YGandelsman: if you're doing interpretability research in 2026, "be ambitious, be pragmatic, and go meta (not the company)"—a pun urging meta-level research while nodding at Meta the company.
Light on substance, but a directional statement from within the AI research community.
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