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Nathan Lambert Says His Post-Training Writing Has Helped Readers Get Lab Jobs
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I regularly hear from people that my post-training book/writing has helped them get a job at labs by focusing on material that develops intuitions for how training methods work. It's very validating, because this type of "idea/math heavy" writing doesn't really sell many books.
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See the full storyNathan Lambert Says His Post-Training Writing Has Helped Readers Get Lab JobsI regularly hear from people that my post-training book/writing has helped them get a job at labs by focusing on material that develops intuitions for how training methods work. It's very validating, because this type of "idea/math heavy" writing doesn't really sell many books.
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Nathan Lambert says readers have told him that his book and other writing on post-training helped them get jobs at AI labs. He credits their focus on building intuition for how training methods work. Lambert said this kind of idea- and math-heavy writing does not sell many books, but that hearing from readers who found jobs through it is validating.
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