Future of general LLM work (interp/inference/alignment) vs agentic/physical AI (VLA, multimodal) for career [D]

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I'm at a crossroads with two grad school options that would take me in somewhat different research directions, and I wanted some general advice on these fields, their growth, and industry alignment. I'm leaving out the specifics of the programs since I'm tryna compare the research/career trajectories. The first direction is general LLM work, like alignment, safety, optimization, interp, etc. (different subfields but centred around LMs). From what I've seen, jobs around LLMs seem much more common