article pub. Jun 19, 2025
Temperament matters more than talent in AI research — a meditation on the daily practice of reading and building, and why equanimity is the real prerequisite.
The Zen framing isn't just a metaphor — he quotes Suzuki directly, structures the piece like numbered koans, and the equanimity point is genuinely it: sit with failure the same way you sit with success, neither attached to the outcome.