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Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by extr »

shas3 wrote: post #38
doomlaser wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The person being replaced is Chris Lattner, inventor of LLVM and Swift, of whom it was big news of his leaving Apple to join Tesla fairly recently.

Dunno if this is his real account, but it is supposedly not working out https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/877341760812232704

must be nice to post a tweet that you're looking for "interesting roles" and immediately have the replies fill up with "come to microsoft", "come to google" etc etc. strange he would just throw tesla under the bus like that. anyone know why?

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by bostonvaulter2 »

pscsbs wrote: post #29
cityhall wrote: post #26

Anyone have any insight into what the top ML people are being paid right now?

The equity packages tend to be in the tens of millions for a 4-year vest. Source: I am a manager who has given offers to top-tier ML experts.

Yes, but what is the salary. Tens of millions of stock could end up being worth $0.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by zghst »

pscsbs wrote: post #29
cityhall wrote: post #26

Anyone have any insight into what the top ML people are being paid right now?

The equity packages tend to be in the tens of millions for a 4-year vest. Source: I am a manager who has given offers to top-tier ML experts.

If I fail at startup life, this is an obvious next step in my career.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by sjg007 »

sidlls wrote: post #31
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…

This same thing is an issue in many scientific disciplines. How many people can even name an area of physics research that isn't particle physics or general relativity, for example?

Biomedical

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by zghst »

xyzzy4 wrote: post #23

If A.I. can't fold my laundry, I wouldn't trust it with my car.

The car is a legitimate next step with AI, computers and sensors are already integrated and have been doing basic functions like parking, whereas computers are not integrated into manual laundry task, this market has decided computers are not economical or profitable to integrate into the chain.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by dmix »

extr wrote: post #51
shas3 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dunno if this is his real account, but it is supposedly not working out https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/877341760812232704

must be nice to post a tweet that you're looking for "interesting roles" and immediately have the replies fill up with "come to microsoft", "come to google" etc etc. strange he would just throw tesla under the bus like that. anyone know why?

How is he throwing them under the bus? He said it turns out he didn't fit in well at Tesla. That's just being honest.

If the alternative is phony politeness and masking reality under a guise of everything went great then I prefer this approach.

This is a great aspect of the software industry IMO. And if you want to get lots of job offers then build some great OSS projects like this guy. It's a great way to demonstrate your skill and attract a following which guarantees you job offers.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by dmix »

sjroot wrote: post #35
doomlaser wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The person being replaced is Chris Lattner, inventor of LLVM and Swift, of whom it was big news of his leaving Apple to join Tesla fairly recently.

Interesting. What is Chris going to do now? He was a big hire.

Looking for a new job it seems.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by Houshalter »

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…

A lot of Karpathy's research and blog posts have been featured on HN. He made char-rnn which spawned hundreds of spin off projects that made it onto HN. He also comments here regularly and explains new research. So it makes sense that news about him would get attention here.

Re: Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

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Post by zghst »

jfoster wrote: post #32
xyzzy4 wrote: post #23

If A.I. can't fold my laundry, I wouldn't trust it with my car.

Driving a car is currently specialised, as is folding laundry. The opportunity for autonomous vehicles is clear; you can start with replacing the cost of paying every person around the world who drives for a living with profit equivalent to their income. (likely at somewhat less than 100% efficiency, but who cares because of the massive scale?) The next bit would be converting private trips into automated rides; repl…

Laundry bot would make no money, I think. People are happy to do this task on their own or via a maid.
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