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Companies continue to hire mathematicians for data labeling and for steering models to solve problems.
Alex Zhang · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026
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“I mean, these companies still hire mathematicians like to do whether it be like data labeling work or even just like steering the models to solve problems like there is still a lot of alpha and being like knowledgeable in these things.”Play from 6:57Report a misattribution
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