
The 100-Hour Workweek: The New Normal for Elite AI Researchers
While many in the tech industry dream of a four-day workweek, Silicon Valley’s AI elite are embracing a grueling reality akin to wartime. For top researchers like Josh Batson at Anthropic, dopamine no longer comes from scrolling through social media but from Slack channels buzzing with discussions about language model experiments. Batson is part of a select group of AI researchers routinely clocking 80-100 hours a week.













