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I find it interesting that he ended up at Google Brain working on deep learning research after writing Node. There seems to be a trend in the industry of taking
by dsacco 9y ago
I find it interesting that he ended up at Google Brain working on deep learning research after writing Node. There seems to be a trend in the industry of taking people who are exceptional in one area and putting them on AI problems (e.g. Chris Lattner). I wonder how effective that cross pollination is.
- msoad 9y agoA lot of AI is super complicated large software systems and building those don't require academic ML knowledge rather they require knowing how to build good software.
- technofire 9y agoHe has two math degrees from decent (R1, AAU) schools, so I wouldn't say it's a huge leap; he probably has better training for modern AI than most people working in the area with CS degrees.
- watwut 9y agoThese AI projects require a lot of math. Someone who studied math and is also proven to be able to produce working software seems to be a great fit.