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I would totally agree with you IF this kid hadn't proven his chops with iPhone and PS3 hacks, not to mention building a self-driving car in his garage. I also

• sangnoir 11y ago
  > I would totally agree with you IF this kid hadn't proven his chops with iPhone and PS3 hacks, not to mention building a self-driving car in his garage. Impressive as they are, his chops still don't support his claim to "know everything there is to know". The Dunning-Kruger effect is in full swing.
  • david_shaw 11y ago
    Sure, but that claim was made in the context of deep-learning networks. He went to work for an AI company, and realized that he knew -- from reading cutting-edge academic papers -- as much as the forefront of the field. He wasn't claiming to know everything there is to know in general, or even in software development, just that he can understand and implement machine learning with the best of them. Personally, I don't doubt that claim.
    • darkmighty 11y ago
      The field doesn't require a particularly extensive background either. A good grasp of linear algebra and multi-variable calculus basically has you set to understanding even the state of the art in the field. Of course, coming up with the papers would require a whole lot more work.