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#108 – Chris Olah on working at top AI labs without an undergrad degree

80,000 Hours Podcast

INSIGHT

Explaining vs. Understanding in a Field

  • In a field of researchers, the effort to explain one's work grows linearly with the number of people.
  • However, the effort to understand everyone else's work grows quadratically.
  • Improving explanations reduces the burden of understanding, allowing a field to grow larger before fragmenting due to specialization.
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