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by car_analogy 1541 days ago
> I'm probably in the same boat as those people, but in AI. Some of the problems I find interesting are just out of my depth.

You are not. There's an ocean of difference between someone that recognizes their ignorance, and someone that doesn't.

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Surely if someone is paying a consultant to weigh in on their ideas they must have some inkling that they're out of their element.

From the article:

> One or two seemed miffed that I didn’t immediately exclaim: ‘Genius!’, but most of my callers realised that they can’t contribute to a field without meeting today’s quality standard. Then again, I hear only from those willing to invest in advancing their education to begin with.