AIThe scientific-progress argument for choosing machine learning over physics
One post says many people who studied physics concluded that working on machine learning would probably create more scientific progress than studying physics.
TLDR
A post argues that many people with physics backgrounds came to view machine learning work as likely to produce more scientific progress than studying physics. It names John Schulman, Liam Fedus, Amodei and Jared Kaplan as examples.
The scientific-progress argument for choosing machine learning over physics
One post says many people who studied physics concluded that working on machine learning would probably create more scientific progress than studying physics.
TLDR
A post argues that many people with physics backgrounds came to view machine learning work as likely to produce more scientific progress than studying physics. It names John Schulman, Liam Fedus, Amodei and Jared Kaplan as examples.