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Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by waterside81 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #14
eanzenberg wrote: post #7

Super interesting developments.. Also, re: >AI can't democratize itself (yet?) so I'll help make it more accessible to everyone! This needs to happen more on the software side. You can buy a world-class quad-gpu machine for about half the cost of a vehicle. You can build a world-class single-gpu machine (what I have) for a fifth of that. It's literally amazing how accessible the hardware is, compared to almost any ot…

I lost access to a TrueCrypt volume from years ago, and using AWS GPU spot instances, I was brute forcing ~1000000 permutations every 40 seconds last night for $7/hr. The hardware is incredibly accessible.

Were you able to crack it?

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by jorgemf »

Jtsummers wrote: post #19
jorgemf wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a machine learning researcher I have to say that you should join us too! AI is the future! PL is an area with big challenges, but AI has even bigger challenges and the impact in the society is bigger, much bigger, too. I would change the question and ask why anyone shouldn't be interested in AI?

Because not every problem can be solved by AI.

Not now, but if you can really create AI, it shouldn't be indistinguishable of human Intelligence.

My point is that it is unlikely to make big steps now to advance in PL, but it is very likely you can do it in AI. The last 5 years have been crazy and the people working on it now is much more than few years ago.

Note: most probably you wont be getting human-like AI anytime soon

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by toomuchtodo »

waterside81 wrote: post #21
toomuchtodo wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I lost access to a TrueCrypt volume from years ago, and using AWS GPU spot instances, I was brute forcing ~1000000 permutations every 40 seconds last night for $7/hr. The hardware is incredibly accessible.

Were you able to crack it?

Yes. Shame on past toomuchtodo for using too few characters, but also thankful I didn't need to spend hundreds of dollars on compute time.

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by pjmlp »

guelo wrote: post #11

I find it strange that probably the most successful and influential compiler and PL developer in a generation doesn't seem to be interested in compilers or PL anymore.

Well he already said in a couple of interviews something like "I write C++ so that you don't have to".

Also a few other Swift team members used to be part of ANSI C++ comitee.

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by melling »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #20
dbaupp wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The parent is likely talking about the "Land" typo.

It was probably a clang->land auto correct on a phone. It used to be I only had to worry about my fingers hitting the wrong keys, now I have to worry about my computer not believing that what I wanted to type was what I actually typed.

My mistake. I skimmed over the word "Land" without really noticing it.

Add voice dictation and things get even weirder. A lot of times it's magical with some crazy word thrown in.

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by wakkaflokka »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #23
waterside81 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were you able to crack it?

Yes. Shame on past toomuchtodo for using too few characters, but also thankful I didn't need to spend hundreds of dollars on compute time.

How many characters was your password?

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by gordon_freeman »

kensai wrote: post #6
samfisher83 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am guessing he doesn't have to write code on a whiteboard.

Damn, I always thought interviews of guys like him went along these lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhsNIeIgpY

I think they don't even have to explicitly show attitude like in the video you shared. Their past accomplishments in managing complex systems and projects can more than speak for themselves. :)

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by ChuckMcM »

melling wrote: post #25
ChuckMcM wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was probably a clang->land auto correct on a phone. It used to be I only had to worry about my fingers hitting the wrong keys, now I have to worry about my computer not believing that what I wanted to type was what I actually typed.

My mistake. I skimmed over the word "Land" without really noticing it. Add voice dictation and things get even weirder. A lot of times it's magical with some crazy word thrown in.

Agreed on the voice thing. I've found some really odd sound alikes in my comments when I've used it (trust me it sucks to type a long response on a phone keyboard :-) A common one is substituting 'by' and 'buy' at different times.

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by [deleted] »

eanzenberg wrote: post #7

Super interesting developments.. Also, re: >AI can't democratize itself (yet?) so I'll help make it more accessible to everyone! This needs to happen more on the software side. You can buy a world-class quad-gpu machine for about half the cost of a vehicle. You can build a world-class single-gpu machine (what I have) for a fifth of that. It's literally amazing how accessible the hardware is, compared to almost any ot…

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