Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by janober » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 5:53 PM UTC

Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain
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Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by kensai » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:44 PM UTC

I was kind of worried he would not find anything... :D

Seriously, I wonder if stars like Lattner even need to submit a CV or their mail simply floods with offers.

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by tatoalo » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:46 PM UTC

Interesting as a company change (IMHO), from privacy-focused Apple to Google... :D

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by samfisher83 » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:49 PM UTC

kensai wrote: post #2

I was kind of worried he would not find anything... :D Seriously, I wonder if stars like Lattner even need to submit a CV or their mail simply floods with offers.

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

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by tambourine_man » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:50 PM UTC

>…he created the Land compiler and LLVM.

I think you mean Clang and LLVM

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by kensai » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:52 PM UTC

samfisher83 wrote: post #4

kensai wrote: post #2

I was kind of worried he would not find anything... :D Seriously, I wonder if stars like Lattner even need to submit a CV or their mail simply floods with offers.

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

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by eanzenberg » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:53 PM UTC

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 other science which requires 7 figure funding to get world-class results.

The software, the learning, the math, all need to become more and more accessible so more people can pick up and train an algorithm.

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by tyingq » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:55 PM UTC

Is Google's work culture more like Apple or Tesla? Curious if this is likely to address whatever about Telsa wasn't keeping him happy. Or maybe it was more about the specific work he was tasked to do?

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by melling » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:56 PM UTC

kensai wrote: post #2

I was kind of worried he would not find anything... :D Seriously, I wonder if stars like Lattner even need to submit a CV or their mail simply floods with offers.

Well, he still has one: http://nondot.org/sabre/Resume.html

Re: Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain

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Post by melling » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:57 PM UTC

tambourine_man wrote: post #5

>…he created the Land compiler and LLVM. I think you mean Clang and LLVM

http://nondot.org/sabre/

"I lead and am the original author of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, an open source umbrella project that includes all sorts of toolchain related technology: compilers, debuggers, JIT systems, optimizers, static analysis systems, etc. I started both LLVM and Clang and am still the individual with the most commits."