Elon Musk eliminates the researcher title at xAI to unify all technical staff as engineers
Musk argued the title creates an unnecessary academic hierarchy.
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@francoisfleuret The problem with this is that everything other than pure math conjectures is considered solvable. For example, in 1960, moon landing would be considered solvable but it was obviously not just purely engineering.
François Fleuret@francoisfleuretIMO a researcher studies a problem that may not be solvable, while an engineer solves a problem that is considered solvable.
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