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"An intern" So this is a speculative side project that isn't integrated into the main flow of work going on at Waymo. That suggests to me that there isn't anyt
by plutonorm 5y ago
"An intern"
So this is a speculative side project that isn't integrated into the main flow of work going on at Waymo. That suggests to me that there isn't anything as technical and forward thinking as this going on in the core teams. If they did they would show it off because clearly anything flashy they are quite eager to show off.
They appear to be building trains with wheels, pretty uninspiring.
- krasin 5y agoThe intern in question is Matthew Tancik, who is one of the primary driving forces behind Neural Radiance Fields. It is one of those cases, where the employer (Waymo) is lucky to have such an intern. I can't comment on the second part of the message, because I don't know what I am allowed to say (I work for Google, but not Waymo).
- ritwikgupta 5y agoAs a PhD student alongside Matt, it’s not any intern. Ph.D. internships are much more scoped to specific lines of work and are a way to potentially fund promising researchers for the long term. In fact, Berkeley AI Research has a built-in way for companies to fund BAIR research and to bring on BAIR Ph.D. students as interns: https://bcommons.berkeley.edu/home https://bcommons.berkeley.edu/home