>Guess his boyish looks and his videos educating outsiders and students about AI contributed..
IDK but if I judge a head of ML, I'd care more about whether he has delivered technically, not if he's good at PR.
The ZIRP era lead to SV ML scene to be full of false prophets who were just good at PR and advertising for their employer because they were popular with the industry hype, than at actually getting shit that works delivered out the door.
It's good that the money and hype bubbles bursts every now and then as only then are the scammers, false gods, and naked emperors revealed and can the house get cleaned of them.
IDK but if I judge a head of ML, I'd care more about whether he has delivered technically, not if he's good at PR.
The ZIRP era lead to SV ML scene to be full of false prophets who were just good at PR and advertising for their employer because they were popular with the industry hype, than at actually getting shit that works delivered out the door.
It's good that the money and hype bubbles bursts every now and then as only then are the scammers, false gods, and naked emperors revealed and can the house get cleaned of them.