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The speaker attributes academia's substantial impact, including in AI, in part to researchers' willingness to take bets.
Stefano Ermon · Why Diffusion Will Win AI Inference with Inception Co-Founder and CEO Stefano Ermon · 18 Sept 2026
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“People are not scared about taking bets.”
“And that's why academia has been so impactful,”
“I think, even in the AI space.”Play from 37:32Report a misattribution
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