i was doing an ML Sec phd a year or two before all this hype took off. i took one of the OG transformer papers along to present at our official little phd reading group when the paper was only a few months old (the details of this might be a bit sketchy here, was years ago now).

now i want nothing to do with the field in any way shape or form. i’m just done.

edit -- i got incredibly angry after writing this comment. pure hatred and spite for all the charlatans and accompanying bullshit.