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How fast this got to the top, you would think John Carmack just invented nuclear fusion.
by lopatin 1y ago
How fast this got to the top, you would think John Carmack just invented nuclear fusion.
- viraptor 1y agoSometimes it's nice to be reminded of some basic good ideas. Even if you already know. Also https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- AndrewOMartin 1y agoI have no doubt that he could, not only invent nuclear fusion, but get it running on a Pentium 90.
- villgax 1y agoJust like AGI he was supposedly brought on board for but…..checks notes. Nothing.
- jpgvm 1y agoDude isn't a god. That said it's worth listening when he chimes in about C/C++ or optimisation as he has earned his respect when it comes to these fields. Will he crack AGI? Probably not. He didn't crack rockets either. Doesn't make him any less awesome, just makes him human.
- TheAceOfHearts 1y agoThere are certain figures who are very experienced and knowledgeable in certain domains, so when they speak up about a topic it's usually worth listening to them. That doesn't mean they're always going to be correct, and they shouldn't be worshiped as superhuman entities, but it's almost always a bad idea to completely ignore them.
- AnotherGoodName 1y ago>Just like AGI he was supposedly brought on board for but…..checks notes. Nothing. His AGI work was entirely his own? As in he literally stepped down from a high level corporate role where he was responsible for Oculus (3D games/applications) to do this in his own time. Similar to his work on Armadillo Aerospace.
- yeasku 1y agoOculus wich also failed hard.
- trallnag 1y agoHow many hours of discussions went into topics like code formatting and naming things like variables, endpoints, classes, etc?
- devnullbrain 1y agoI was part of the Carmack cult but the illusion was broken when I saw him use the same authoratative tone on a subject I'm more knowledgable about.
- metaltyphoon 1y agoSuch as? Any links to this?
- maleldil 1y agoGood old Gell-Mann Amnesia! It doesn't mean he's incompetent in his core area of expertise, though.
- carabiner 1y agoI don't think gellman amnesia is really a material issue. Carmack is indubitably an expert in his field, but that doesn't mean he's an expert in every field (like aerospace or AI). I'm an expert in some things, but I've probably said some stupid shit in other fields where I dabble such as cooking, playing music, raising cats.
- bmitc 1y agoPeople worship this guy, but other than being a good C++ graphics programmer, it isn't clear what he's actually done.
- modeless 1y agoHis engines are open source, and graphics are far from the only interesting thing about them. If you don't know what he's done that's on you; it's no secret.
- rvba 1y agoDoom which was countless fun for people up to this day who make mods? (E.g. the great Myhouse.wad that was perhaps FPS of the year... 2023) Quake, which was a good game, but arguably a better engine that lead to things like Half-Life 1? Other games? Shared the code to Doom and Quake? I guess you dont understand how big of a game Doom was. The first episode holds suprisngly well up to this day, even after hundreds of doom-clones as they used to call FPS games.
- throwaway314155 1y agoRight? This isn't even a hot take - it's just standard software engineering advice we all learn in school or on the job.