Researchers at big tech companies always struggled to get promoted without showing some sort of impact.
What changed is before they could just publish papers (with 0 reproducibility due to “ai ethics”) and still coast by with a decent salary.
ChatGPT ended the whole “the paper is the product” phenomenon, and the end of ZIRP ended the smooth run for slackers in big tech overall.
AI phds are still in an amazing position compared to any other new grad software engineer.
Researchers at big tech companies always struggled to get promoted without showing some sort of impact.
What changed is before they could just publish papers (with 0 reproducibility due to “ai ethics”) and still coast by with a decent salary.
ChatGPT ended the whole “the paper is the product” phenomenon, and the end of ZIRP ended the smooth run for slackers in big tech overall.
AI phds are still in an amazing position compared to any other new grad software engineer.