Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy

Post by joatmon-snoo » Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 4:02 AM UTC

MBCook wrote: post #43

pscsbs wrote: post #25

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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…

Are we sure it wasn't the other way around? Maybe Chris really didn't like the engineering culture or something else and decided to leave, but given how big a story it was when he joined they needed to both put out a statement.

Post by bpicolo » Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 4:06 AM UTC

zghst wrote: post #56

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.

Post by hn_throwaway_99 » Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 4:12 AM UTC

pvg wrote: post #65

chc wrote: post #48

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I don't know if there's any better way to downplay a major hire leaving after less than half a year. Everything in those statements is extremely obvious from the circumstances and I can't think of a more cordial way to phrase it.

There are much better standard ways to phrase this and that's precisely why you almost never see it put that way. If for no other reason than that if hiring high-profile talent is something you need to do more than once, you don't want to be publicly suggesting it's somehow their fault when they leave.

Post by tnecniv » Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 4:15 AM UTC

babyrainbow wrote: post #49

xyzzy4 wrote: post #23

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

People are downvoting you. But I think this is a really good point...

Post by ganfortran » Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 4:18 AM UTC

skynode wrote: post #74

ganfortran wrote: post #27

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OpenAI is a weird animal. Their research seems generally less impactful than rest of the top tier labs out there. But they do have great people on the team. Is it because their engineering infrastructure is subpar?

Depends on how you see it though; the most impactful stuff is not necessarily the most reported in the media. As always, the media lags these things and so the public don't get to see shit coming.