Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research
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if you want to do world-class research, temperament matters more than talent
Zen and the Art of AI Research temperament >> talent Jack Morris Jun 15, 2026 87 7 7 Share So you want to do AI research? It’s true that no one really teaches you how. Not directly, anyway. But it turns out that the way to get started is pretty simple: some combination of (i) reading and (ii) building stuff. You can’t do one without the other. You become a researcher through the combination. It turns out the process of becoming a great researcher is not unlike learning to meditate: I. The way to get started is pretty simple, through some combination of (a) reading and learning, and (b) buildin
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