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Andrej Karpathy recalls anecdote that computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton once held the official title of intern at Google

The title reflected Hinton's reporting relationship under Jeff Dean.

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Kosta Derpanis (sabbatical in Zurich)#908@CSPROFKGDOPAndrej Karpathy#1Andrej Karpathy@KARPATHY

@yash1_ @shreyansj iirc Geoff Hinton’s official title at Google at one point was “intern” :D

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@karpathy @yash1_ @shreyansj knowing he was jeff dean's "intern" which makes the title slightly better tho ahah

Andrej KarpathyAndrej Karpathy@karpathy

@yash1_ @shreyansj iirc Geoff Hinton’s official title at Google at one point was “intern” :D

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