Anthropic's cofounder says 'dumb questions' are the key to unlocking breakthroughs in AI

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• Anthropic's cofounder said the key to advancing AI is asking "very naive, dumb questions."
• AI is an "incredibly new field" and "a lot of the most basic questions haven't been answered," said Jared Kaplan.
• Dumb questions can make big trends "as precise as possible," the chief science officer added.

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