Courage Scarcer Than Genius: Debate Over Whether AI Research Is Purely Industrial Now
akbirthko · x · 2026-11-13
An AI practitioner floats a contrarian take: it would be extremely funny if the prevailing assumption — that AI research is now a purely industrial endeavor with no room for genius — got upended. Quoting "courage is in shorter supply than genius," he adds that genius also requires courage when everyone chooses to glorify accumulated capital in all its forms.
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