The Relevance of Reading Prior Work

The importance of reading prior work varies depending on the topic being researched. Initially, extensive reading of prior work was crucial, but then there was a shift in perspective to focus more on the originality of the research. More recently, a nuanced view has emerged where some topics like adversarial robustness have abundant relevant literature, while others may have gaps in alignment perspective. The current approach is to do a quick reading to assess the relevance of prior work before delving into a new subject, being critical in the evaluation to determine its usefulness.