Highly Opinionated Advice on How to Write ML Papers — AI Alignment Forum
TL;DR * The essence of an ideal paper is the narrative: a short, rigorous and evidence-based technical story you tell, with a takeaway the readers c…
x Highly Opinionated Advice on How to Write ML Papers — AI Alignment Forum How I Think About My Research Process AI Practical Frontpage 33 Highly Opinionated Advice on How to Write ML Papers by Neel Nanda 12th May 2025 39 min read 4 33 TL;DR The essence of an ideal paper is the narrative : a short, rigorous and evidence-based technical story you tell, with a takeaway the readers care about What? A narrative is fundamentally about a contribution to our body of knowledge: one to three specific novel claims that fit within a cohesive theme Why? You need rigorous empirical evidence that convincing
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