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Re: Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday

#21

Karpathy is a great instructor, but has he has any meaningful impact in industry? It seems from the outside like he locked Tesla into a losing, NN-only direction for autonomous driving. (I don’t know what he did at openai.)

What makes you say it’s a losing direction?

Re: Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday

#25

Unpopular opinion… but IMO almost all of Karpathy’s fame an influence come from being an incredible educator and communicator. Relative to his level of fame, his actual level of contribution as far as pushing forward AI, I’m not so sure about. I deeply appreciate his educational content and I’m glad that it has led to a way for him to gain influence and sustain a career. Hopefully he’s rich enough from that that he c…

> Relative to his level of fame, his actual level of contribution as far as pushing forward AI, I’m not so sure about.

Are you sure about your perspective?

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&h...

Re: Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday

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Unpopular opinion… but IMO almost all of Karpathy’s fame an influence come from being an incredible educator and communicator. Relative to his level of fame, his actual level of contribution as far as pushing forward AI, I’m not so sure about. I deeply appreciate his educational content and I’m glad that it has led to a way for him to gain influence and sustain a career. Hopefully he’s rich enough from that that he c…

Its IMHO too. His contribution to educational content is incredible, and very few individuals have the ability to explain things the way he does. However, I am also unsure about his contribution to the field itself. It is a side effect of working in the industry on the product side. You don't have a chance to publish papers, and you don't want to reveal your secrets or bugs to everyone.

Re: Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday

#27

Unpopular opinion… but IMO almost all of Karpathy’s fame an influence come from being an incredible educator and communicator. Relative to his level of fame, his actual level of contribution as far as pushing forward AI, I’m not so sure about. I deeply appreciate his educational content and I’m glad that it has led to a way for him to gain influence and sustain a career. Hopefully he’s rich enough from that that he c…

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Re: Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday

#30
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Andrej inspires millions. He’s the Taylor Swift of AI/NNs. I really hope he’s next gig is at an actually Open AI company.

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It was a perfectly apt comparison and it certainly helps as I didnt know the guy from a bar of soap.
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