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AI developers work 80-100 hours per week

You know what work schedule AI developers now have in Silicon Valley? The Wall Street Journal spoke with researchers, and the numbers are impressive. They work 80 and even 100 hours per week. Moreover, some startups wrote the requirement to work 80 hours directly into employment contracts. One of the executives jokingly called the new regime “0-0-2”. From midnight of one day to midnight of another with a 2-hour break on weekends.

But only a small part of teams works on this schedule. Namely those who develop models and related products. Many stay in the office longer by their own will due to interest in technologies and competition with other companies. Part of researchers describe the atmosphere as “close to military.”

Anthropic scientist Joshua Batson explains the impossibility of planning due to AI unpredictability. I quote: “Often you don’t know what you’ll get as a result of training until you test the model. It’s more like evolution than engineering.”

Interviewees also admitted that despite high salaries, there’s no free time to spend them. Madhavi Sevak from Google DeepMind says many refuse vacations and live only for work. One of the researchers formulated the essence of what’s happening: “We’re trying to go through 20 years of scientific progress in 2 years.”

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