flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

Chris Olah on working at top AI labs without an undergrad degree - 80,000 Hours

80000hours.org · 23,272 words · saved by 1 readers

Enjoyed the episode? Want to listen later? Subscribe by searching 80,000 Hours wherever you get your podcasts, or click one of the buttons below:

Chris Olah on working at top AI labs without an undergrad degree | 80,000 Hours Search for: On this page: Introduction 1 Highlights 2 Articles, books, and other media discussed in the show 3 Transcript 3.1 Rob's intro [00:00:00] 3.2 The interview begins [00:00:57] 3.3 Defending a falsely accused friend [00:04:24] 3.4 Why Chris didn't go back to university [00:13:21] 3.5 Switching to machine learning [00:19:33] 3.6 How Chris got his foot in the door in machine learning [00:27:34] 3.7 DeepDream [00:30:52] 3.8 Founding a team focused on circuits [00:35:58] 3.9 Lessons from Chris' unconventional c

Explore this link on the map →

related reading