Ex-OpenAI @FakePsyho says much of AI research is probably glorified hyperparameter optimization, with surprisingly few frontier lab researchers trying something genuinely new: "In competitive programming, we optimize for challenge and fun, and AI research is like the sad reality. In competitive programming, a good problem is one where when someone reads it, they have no clue how to solve it, optimized for creativity." "In AI research, it depends what part you're working in. A lot of people…