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Past discoveries can make scientists more productive by allowing them to build on prior work.
Tamay Besiroglu · AGI is still 30 years away — Ege Erdil & Tamay Besiroglu · 17 Apr 2025
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“And there are, you know, they point out these kind of two effects where, you know, as you do more innovation,”
“then you get to kind of stand on top of the shoulders of giants and you get the benefit from past discoveries and it makes you as a scientist more productive.”Play from 48:19Report a misattribution
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