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Well John Carmack is trying to make inroads towards AGI without going the huge compute route, so I don't think it's inherently obvious that it's the only game i

• mhh__ 4y ago
  Carmack is basically a complete nobody in AI. I think he'll be able to do some good stuff on the software side (i.e. the industry is full of AI cowboys who can't code) but on the fundamental side it's hard to see him doing much.
  • MrScruff 4y ago
    He addresses this in the interview. In terms of research background, you're right. But he's someone with a history of original thought and as he states, it's not clear that we're at the stage of machine learning where useful contributions from newcomers taking a different direction are vanishingly unlikely. I'm sure OpenAI wouldn't have offered him a job if they thought he couldn't contribute anything of value.
    • mhh__ 4y ago
      That value would probably be attracting other talent.