Btw, your top-level comment is one of the best comments I’ve come across ever. Probably. Top 5? Idk, I’ll check how I feel tomorrow. Aspiring to read everything you’ve ever written rn.
Incidentally, you mention that
the concept doesn’t fit easily into my paradigm of thinking about the future of AI.
And I’ve been thinking lately about how important it is to prioritise original thinking before you’ve consumed all the established literature in an active field of research.[1] If you manage to diverge early, the novelty of your perspective compounds over time (feel free to ask about my model) and you’re more likely to end up with a productively different paradigm from what’s already out there.
Did you ever feel embarrassed trying to think for yourself when you didn’t feel like you had read enough? Or, did you feel like other people might have expected you to feel embarrassed for how seriously you took your original thoughts, given how early you were in your learning arc?
I’m not saying you haven’t. I’m just guessing that you acquired your paradigm by doing original thinking early, and thus had the opportunity to diverge early, rather than greedily over-prioritising the consumption of existing literature in order to “reach the frontier”. Once having hastily consumed someone else’s paradigm, it’s much harder to find its flaws and build something else from the ground up.
Btw, your top-level comment is one of the best comments I’ve come across ever. Probably. Top 5? Idk, I’ll check how I feel tomorrow. Aspiring to read everything you’ve ever written rn.
Incidentally, you mention that
And I’ve been thinking lately about how important it is to prioritise original thinking before you’ve consumed all the established literature in an active field of research.[1] If you manage to diverge early, the novelty of your perspective compounds over time (feel free to ask about my model) and you’re more likely to end up with a productively different paradigm from what’s already out there.
Did you ever feel embarrassed trying to think for yourself when you didn’t feel like you had read enough? Or, did you feel like other people might have expected you to feel embarrassed for how seriously you took your original thoughts, given how early you were in your learning arc?
I’m not saying you haven’t. I’m just guessing that you acquired your paradigm by doing original thinking early, and thus had the opportunity to diverge early, rather than greedily over-prioritising the consumption of existing literature in order to “reach the frontier”. Once having hastily consumed someone else’s paradigm, it’s much harder to find its flaws and build something else from the ground up.