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Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by randcraw »

sjg007 wrote: post #3

So where does this leave openAi?

A fair question. I suspect OpenAI's research agenda is actually less idyllic than most think since a) they never promised to "change the world", and b) their projects eventually must serve multiple masters with vested interests.

I don't really grok OpenAI's long term mission plan. "Keeping AI open" seems rather banal to survive long amid a cultural ethos as purposeful and dynamic as SV's. Perhaps the prospect of meandering their rather random path proved less pregnant with possibilities than AK had hoped.

Or maybe Tesla promises to build more than just KITT? Musk has huge ambition. I suspect Karpathy was enraptured at the prospect of sinking his teeth deep into a wide variety of tasty pies there.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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unityByFreedom wrote: post #16
komaromy wrote: post #2

Interesting, to move from an Elon-Musk-chaired non-profit to an Elon-Musk-owned for-profit.

Open AI was always a pipeline for Musk. Use other people's donations to attract and identify the talent, then move them under his payroll. I guess that's a win win for the employees and for Musk. Not sure how many other supporters Open AI has, though I doubt that's what they had in mind when they donated to support that effort.

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Post by jfoster »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #16
komaromy wrote: post #2

Interesting, to move from an Elon-Musk-chaired non-profit to an Elon-Musk-owned for-profit.

Open AI was always a pipeline for Musk. Use other people's donations to attract and identify the talent, then move them under his payroll. I guess that's a win win for the employees and for Musk. Not sure how many other supporters Open AI has, though I doubt that's what they had in mind when they donated to support that effort.

Worth noting that OpenAI may not otherwise exist. It mightn't be precisely ideal, but I think it's broadly a 3-way win.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by pscsbs »

ccorda wrote: post #14

Seems to be taking Chris Lattner's place: https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/877341760812232704

Wow! Tesla's official statement: "Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change. We wish him the best." [0]

Chris's response: "Turns out that Tesla isn't a good fit for me after all. I'm interested to hear about interesting roles for a seasoned engineering leader!"

I don't think I've ever seen a tech company throw an employee under the bus so publicly. I wonder what Lattner did to warrant such a public separation?

[0] https://electrek.co/2017/06/20/tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner...

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by fooker »

pscsbs wrote: post #25
ccorda wrote: post #14

Seems to be taking Chris Lattner's place: https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/877341760812232704

Wow! Tesla's official statement: "Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change. We wish him the best." [0] Chris's response: "Turns out that Tesla isn't a good fit for me after all. I'm interested to hear about interesting roles for a seasoned engineering leader!" I don't think I've ever seen a tech company throw an employee under the bus so publicly. I wonder what Lattner did to warr…

Bet Chris Lattner is heading to Google.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by dejawu »

timemachiner wrote: post #7

Since it seems to be a thing to report that X person specializing in machine learning has moved from Y company to Z, it makes me wonder if other areas of computer science is seen as relevant by the general public. One rarely hears Dr. John Doe from Florida State University (or insert non-Standford university here) in Distributed systems has moved from Microsoft Research to NetApp. These are arbitrary names. The point…

I think it's fair and makes sense. A lot of Karpathy's work has been featured on HN and I find this news relevant in following what he's working on.

When Scott Aaronson wrote about moving to Austin, that post made the rounds here too.

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