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by querez 1413 days ago
As an AI researcher, I feel like this is misguided advice. The field is overrun with people, and it's almost impossible to make a meaningful dent anymore. Even if you have a group of experienced researchers and large compute reserves, most people are content with chasing SOTAs, because the green-field low-hanging fruit of yesteryear is over (and has been over for a while). Sure, you can learn some AI and then look for climate-applications[0], but then again, why not enter that field as a software engineer in the first place. Learning AI and is just an unnecessary detour if you want to end up in climate change.

[0] https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.05433
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POPOSYS 1413 days ago
Does the meaning of SOTA appear here?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=SOTA

If no, please explain, thanks!

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gkbrk 1413 days ago
No, because that's not the right way to search for meanings. You probably need to help out the search engine and provide the context that you would like to know the meaning.

The correct answer appears if you search for "sota abbreviation" [1] or "sota meaning" [2].

[1]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sota+abbreviation&ia=web

[2]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sota+meaning&ia=web

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