#ElonMusk corrects 'hiring post' of xAI's Aditya Gupta; says: Starting today, there are only engineers ...🚀
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has made a significant change by eliminating the job title “researcher”, declaring that all technical staff will now be known simply as “engineers”. This shift followed a Twitter post by Aditya Gupta, an xAI employee, who initially called for both researchers and engineers. Musk quickly intervened, clarifying that from now on, the company would exclusively hire engineers.
✨ Musk's Statement:
“Researcher is a relic term from academia, and we are done with it. At xAI, there are only engineers. This two-tiered system ends today!” 💻
💬 Gupta swiftly corrected his post:
“Correction: looking for solid engineers.”
In his defense, Musk likened xAI to SpaceX, saying:
"SpaceX does more meaningful, cutting-edge research on rockets and satellites than all academic labs combined. But we don’t call it ‘research.’ We call it engineering.” 🚀
This change mirrors practices at other AI giants, like OpenAI and Anthropic, where roles like “Member of Technical Staff” are used instead of the researcher-engineer divide. 🌐
Musk’s move shows his no-nonsense approach to innovation — focusing solely on engineering and cutting-edge AI development. The lines between research and engineering have blurred with the advent of large-scale AI models, and Musk is leading the charge with a streamlined, future-forward vision. 🌟
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Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has made a significant change by eliminating the job title “researcher”, declaring that all technical staff will now be known simply as “engineers”. This shift followed a Twitter post by Aditya Gupta, an xAI employee, who initially called for both researchers and engineers. Musk quickly intervened, clarifying that from now on, the company would exclusively hire engineers.
✨ Musk's Statement:
“Researcher is a relic term from academia, and we are done with it. At xAI, there are only engineers. This two-tiered system ends today!” 💻
💬 Gupta swiftly corrected his post:
“Correction: looking for solid engineers.”
In his defense, Musk likened xAI to SpaceX, saying:
"SpaceX does more meaningful, cutting-edge research on rockets and satellites than all academic labs combined. But we don’t call it ‘research.’ We call it engineering.” 🚀
This change mirrors practices at other AI giants, like OpenAI and Anthropic, where roles like “Member of Technical Staff” are used instead of the researcher-engineer divide. 🌐
Musk’s move shows his no-nonsense approach to innovation — focusing solely on engineering and cutting-edge AI development. The lines between research and engineering have blurred with the advent of large-scale AI models, and Musk is leading the charge with a streamlined, future-forward vision. 🌟
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