AI research

6 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 5, 2024 by Yi Tay · across every show →

Everything said about AI research, oldest first

Jul 5, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Tay: Underlying AI research principles have not changed much beyond compute scale
“Fundamentally, I don't think, like, the, like, the stuff has actually, like, the underlying principles of research hasn't really changed that much, except for, like, compute.”
Yi Tay Jul 5, 2024 ▶ 4:52 The 10,000x Yolo Researcher Metagame — with Yi Tay of Reka
Jul 2, 2025
Insight
Morris: Re-implementing new paradigm shifts quickly is the best AI grad strategy
“Honestly, if I were to give advice to a younger grad student, I think the way to do it would be literally just like sit and wait until the next kind of paradigm shift and then just immediately start working as fast as you can to like re-implement it. Like, I d…”
Jack Morris Jul 2, 2025 ▶ 5:28 Information Theory for Language Models: Jack Morris
Aug 29, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Morcos: Data is AI's most under-invested research area relative to impact
“Something I've said before and I'll say again is, is that data is the most under-invested in area of research relative to its impact, and I don't think it's even close.”
Ari Morcos Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 8:06 Better Data is All You Need — Ari Morcos, Datology
Oct 2, 2025 neutral
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Dylan Field: AI Research and Deterministic Software Require Completely Different Team Motions
“It's very different to be in a context of, you know, more deterministic software building. Than AI research. There are completely different motions of how you kind of run those teams in those areas.”
Dylan Field Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 7:18 Taste is your Moat (Dylan Field of Figma)
Jan 23, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Yi Tay: AI Research Has Not Entered Diminishing Returns on Ideas
“The number of ideas that actually work is not decreasing compared to the last, like, we're not in the era of diminishing returns yet.”
Yi Tay Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 52:53 Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay
Jun 25, 2026 positive
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Mark Chen: A PhD is not necessary to excel in AI research
“There are a lot of researchers who just started out without formal training in machine learning or AI research. We've very much believed in training people up to do this. I think the real hard thing is the ability to creatively solve problems and think outside…”
Mark Chen Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 2:14 Cooking with OpenAI’s Research Chief: AGI, o1, Evals, and Scaling Laws — Mark Chen
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