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Phil Duan
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Engineering Manager at Autopilot | Solving autonomous driving with Machine Learning & 3D Computer Vision
Palo Alto, CAtesla.com/AIJoined August 2009

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New exciting deep learning manipulation role opened for Optimus:
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Our TeslaBot team at Tesla is hiring across many disciplines! If you want to work with me on teaching humanoid robots to do anything, follow this link: tinyurl.com/2uy9ffh5 Follow this link to see all the types of roles we're looking for (many!): tinyurl.com/4yfsxrsx
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We are definitely in a simulation.
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Did you know, that you can build a virtual machine inside ChatGPT? And that you can use this machine to create files, program and even browse the internet? engraved.blog/building-a-vir
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And our network output is consumed by ’s team with implicit & explicit planners. We work very closely together to make the car drive better. Join us, it’s a lot of fun :)
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I am looking for - 1) Hardcore C++ software engineers with background in Math / Planning 2) Hardcore Python engineers with expertise in Imitation Learning / Reinforcement Learning / Motion Planning 🧵 (2/3)
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And our networks are deployed and optimized by ’s team on our NN accelerator with remarkable efficiency. Please consider joining his amazing team!
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If you are a hardcore C++/C engineer, wanting to write and optimize software for real-time systems, please reach out to me or apply here: SW Engineer - bit.ly/3SPYcs5 AI Compiler Engineer - bit.ly/3M18GTk AI Integration SW Engineer - bit.ly/3e2Muvu
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All our work runs on the supercomputer cluster with amazing in-house ML infra powered by ’s team. Please consider joining his incredible team!
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My team's hiring for: - ML Framework Engineer (py & c++) - ML Platform Engineer - Fullstack (py & js[React]) - ML Platform Engineer - Services (py & go) - ML Storage Engineer (py & c++) - ML Supercomputer Performance (py & c++) - (Germany) ML Platform SRE - Services (py & unix)
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So true. Having strong software engineering skills and being a good person goes a long way.
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This is probably well-known in some circles but not everywhere. The most important skill for Research Scientists in AI (at least at @OpenAI) is software engineering. Background in ML research is sometimes useful, but you can usually get away with a few landmark paper.
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Having survived two previous market resets (2001, 2009), people frequently ask me how this 2022 market reset is different and how it is the same. The obvious similarity is that valuation multiples have collapsed. We went from a "glass very full" mindset to one with many concerns.
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This is like the text of a 419 scam email: it seems patently ridiculous to you, because you're not its target audience. It's meant only for those dumb enough to believe it.
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Wondering why your Thanksgiving groceries cost more this year? It’s because greedy corporations are charging Americans extra just to keep their stock prices high. This is outrageous. businessinsider.com/big-companies-
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