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Sakana AI Labs Publishes Guide For Research Position Applicants

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OPKai Arulkumaran#607Kai Arulkumaran@KAIXHIN

PSA: If you're applying for a research position at @SakanaAILabs (intern/full-time), we have a guide on what we look for Researchers here pursue different directions - and may disagree - but have thought deeply about why Over-reliance on LLMs to do your thinking isn't good

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REPLYKai Arulkumaran#607Kai Arulkumaran@KAIXHIN

The Core Principle: Understanding Over Implementation

For a deeper dive on this, here's the link to our guide: https://pub.sakana.ai/Unofficial_Guide/

Kai ArulkumaranKai Arulkumaran@kaixhin

PSA: If you're applying for a research position at @SakanaAILabs (intern/full-time), we have a guide on what we look for Researchers here pursue different directions - and may disagree - but have thought deeply about why Over-reliance on LLMs to do your thinking isn't good

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