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How to Understand ML Papers Quickly

(1/2) i felt like no one actually teaches you a good framework for how to read (ML) papers well + fast, so i wrote this 5-minute read
tldr: because so many papers suck, here's how to go through them quickly and revisit the good ones https://t.co/WtO3SWKdCF

Everyone recommends reading research papers, but few talk about how to do it effectively. Like any skill, it gets easier with time, but starting out can be daunting. It helps to know that the struggles you face are common, and that there are ways to overcome them.
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Ilya Sutskever gave John Carmack a list of papers to read, so as to improve John's understanding of AI. That is a lot to read. If you want to quickly grasp what those papers are about, in this thread I share maps on over 20 of them 👇