John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
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Re: John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
#2If you want even more: after this talk John took questions in Horizon
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#3I thought he locked himself up in a cabin in the woods and tried to get into AI lately.
Re: John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
#4I thought he locked himself up in a cabin in the woods and tried to get into AI lately.
As I understand it he now works part-time at Oculus, dedicating the rest of his time to AI, he mentions it in passing in the Horizon session [0] by but he tries to keep it really separate because he doesn't want to be the subject of another billion dollar lawsuit [1]
Re: John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
#5Recent related discussion (Oculus Quest 2 announcement): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24495138
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#6He is an incredible public speaker.
The first time I heard him, almost 10 years ago, speaking to a journalist at E3, I was shocked. So much detail, but so well communicated. I can happily listen to him talk on almost any subject.
Re: John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
#7He is an incredible public speaker. The first time I heard him, almost 10 years ago, speaking to a journalist at E3, I was shocked. So much detail, but so well communicated. I can happily listen to him talk on almost any subject.
Oh, he's improved over the years. You should watch his very first presentations, during the Quake era. I think he's taken some speaking lessons to diminish his "uhms". But yeah, he's fearless of the public, which removes his mental blocks. I used to stutter in front of the public, but the one thing that solved it for me was a course, where we had to improvise in front of a camera. At the end, the coach replayed every video back to us. Every participant felt so much cringe that it ironically solved the issue.
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#8Would anyone be so kind as to enumerate some of the things he talks about?
Re: John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
#9I thought he locked himself up in a cabin in the woods and tried to get into AI lately.
He remains in a “consulting CTO” position at Oculus.
Re: John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]
#10I thought he locked himself up in a cabin in the woods and tried to get into AI lately.
As I understand it he now works part-time at Oculus, dedicating the rest of his time to AI, he mentions it in passing in the Horizon session [0] by but he tries to keep it really separate because he doesn't want to be the subject of another billion dollar lawsuit [1] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mFEGah27c [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_v._Oculus
Still, too bad IMO - I personally enjoyed him talking about games and CG much more than about VR (which I don't care too much about) even though there is, of course, an overlap. I wonder whether I will enjoy him talking about ML even less since I hear that all the time already in my day job.