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The Importance of Feeding Forward for Success
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1:26:01 - 1:31:06 (05:05)

The process of feeding forward to success involves looking at future goals and working backwards instead of simply pursuing opportunities. It's important to give others the space to try their ideas, as they may turn out to be successful even if they are not initially perceived that way.

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Two AI researchers share their love of brainstorming ideas with colleagues and why continuous learning is important.
1:26:01 - 1:27:04 (01:03)
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AI research
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Two AI researchers share their love of brainstorming ideas with colleagues and why continuous learning is important.

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The Importance of Feeding Forward for Success
Episode
Oriol Vinyals: DeepMind AlphaStar, StarCraft, Language, and Sequences
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses the importance of communication in learning and the benefits of finding a hard problem to drive research, as well as the success of investigating a research topic and developing tests to explore ideas in machine learning.
1:27:04 - 1:28:34 (01:29)
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Machine Learning
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The speaker discusses the importance of communication in learning and the benefits of finding a hard problem to drive research, as well as the success of investigating a research topic and developing tests to explore ideas in machine learning.

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The Importance of Feeding Forward for Success
Episode
Oriol Vinyals: DeepMind AlphaStar, StarCraft, Language, and Sequences
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The strategic component of research is important as it helps guide both personal and collective goals towards the next breakthrough.
1:28:34 - 1:29:35 (01:01)
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Research
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The strategic component of research is important as it helps guide both personal and collective goals towards the next breakthrough. It is vital to understand the feasibility of a domain before proceeding and to avoid being too early or too late.

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The Importance of Feeding Forward for Success
Episode
Oriol Vinyals: DeepMind AlphaStar, StarCraft, Language, and Sequences
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
Balancing silly optimism and critical skepticism is important when approaching a hard problem, and having a diverse team of colleagues to learn from and bounce ideas off of is crucial.
1:29:35 - 1:31:06 (01:30)
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problem solving
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Balancing silly optimism and critical skepticism is important when approaching a hard problem, and having a diverse team of colleagues to learn from and bounce ideas off of is crucial. AGI is another impossible problem that is worth pursuing.

Chapter
The Importance of Feeding Forward for Success
Episode
Oriol Vinyals: DeepMind AlphaStar, StarCraft, Language, and Sequences
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast