Communications of the ACM
What It Feels Like To Work In AI Right Now
Everyone in AI just got the largest call-to-arms of their career so far.
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People working in AI these days, in both the academy and industry, have been sparked by the ChatGPT moment. It has caused career changes, projects to be abandoned, and tons of people trying to start new companies in the area. The entire industry has been collectively shaken up.
Established researchers are ready to jump ship and join/build companies. Getting academics to stop wanting to do research is a hilarious accomplishment. Everything just feels so frothy.
Graduate students are competing with venture-backed companies. From a high-level technologist's perspective, it is awesome. From an engineer-on-the-ground's perspective, it leaves some stability and naps to be desired. Seeing all of the noise makes it very hard to keep one's head on straight and actually do the work.
It seems like everyone is simultaneously extremely motivated and extremely close to burning out.
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