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Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI [video]

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245 points sandslash | 3 comments | 10 Jul 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.631s | source
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bgwalter ◴[11 Jul 25 17:21 UTC] No.44534786[source]▶
Ng is now a businessman who sells courses. What startup has he built with "AI" himself?
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hoegarden ◴[11 Jul 25 18:08 UTC] No.44535274[source]▶
Baidu.
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bgwalter ◴[11 Jul 25 18:34 UTC] No.44535536[source]▶
The video's description is about building startups through vibe coding, not using "AI" like self-driving or chatbots in startups.

Additionally, Baidu wasn't a startup when he joined in 2014.

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1. hoegarden ◴[11 Jul 25 18:50 UTC] No.44535681[source]▶
Ng built baidu's AI department and began their start in various sectors with actual AI system design, so yes, he isn't a failed startup entrepreneur like any vibe startup maker who already wants to stop and give advice.

Maybe you can help me hire a vibe coder with 10 years experience?

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2. bgwalter ◴[11 Jul 25 19:06 UTC] No.44535832[source]▶
He built it without LLMs in 2014 and now he is selling LLMs for coding to the young. That is the entire point of this subthread.
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3. hoegarden ◴[11 Jul 25 19:19 UTC] No.44535949[source]▶
Right.. He's just a giant, not a midget with a step ladder.

But I do question why anyone who played a significant role in the foundation of the current AI generation would teach an obvious new Zuckerberg generation who will apparently think they are the start of everything if they get a style working in the prompt.

If not for 3 people in 2012, I find it highly unlikely a venture like OpenAI could have occurred and without Ng in particular I wouldn't be surprised if the field would have been missing a few technical pieces as well as the hire-able engineers.