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aozorahime t1_ivx4qvv wrote

wow, similar happen to me. but the great mentor is your supervisor. I am not PhD yet a research assistant. I discussed a lot with my supervisor regarding what I am currently doing and studying. He helped me a lot to assist me to stay on track. You probably can join AI/ML communities, sometimes they held paper discussions (LIVE) or discuss anything related to AI/ML on discord, etc. In my case, I have to re-study again the ML foundation (such as probstat and calculus) since I am always get influenced by current models (without understanding a thing), but if you already have those pieces of knowledge,you probably dont need time to understand them thoroughly. Thats what my supervisor suggested me before.

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LightGreenSquash OP t1_ivxgu6h wrote

Yeah, I think you should definitely have a solid understanding of the basics, otherwise as you said new developments can seem flashy but incomprehensible. Paper discussions and such are definitely useful and a part of the process, but I'm not entirely convinced that the level of understanding you get from them is enough without actually doing some things yourself too.

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