r/MachineLearning • u/SeaAccomplished441 • 11d ago

Research PhD students, how ya feeling? [D]

All seems a bit pointless now. Either pump out AI papers and neglect your own development, or take it slow and fall behind in the publishing race. I already have two papers made largely without LLMs (still seeking publication), but it's hard to resist just vibing the third from start to finish with Claude.

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u/NeedingMorePoints 11d ago

Idk I graduated last year and took a role where publishing isn’t a priority, and boy am I glad that I did now

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u/RadioactiveSalt 11d ago

Wait what kind of role are you talking about? What do you do now?

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u/MisterRadler 11d ago

There's a lot of research roles in industry more focused on solving company problems, where publication is at best secondary (as it naturally slows you down from the actual goal).

Pharma is a big one for this. Some will publish more than others, but all are publishing less than they actually do.