John Hennessy
11 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Marc Andreessen · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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Jan 2, 2019 positive
Andreessen: John Hennessy is maybe the best university president ever
“John Hennessy who, in addition to being a legendary theoretical computer scientist was also himself a former company founder. And so, and you know, maybe the best university president anybody's ever had. You know, that's worked very well.”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Hennessy: Interdisciplinary education cannot substitute for deep core domain knowledge
“I don't believe that multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary things are a substitute for some deep domain knowledge. I'm a firm believer that you start with deep domain knowledge and then you build on top of that.”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Hennessy: Algorithmic thinking is a fundamental meta-discipline everyone must learn
“It is unique, and it is this meta-discipline, I mean, I think, and it's become the new meta-discipline that everybody needs to learn. Because algorithmic thinking is such a fundamental thing about how the world operates these days.”
Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019
Hennessy: Machine learning is driving scientific breakthroughs across biology, chemistry, and astrophysics
“You just see breakthroughs in biology and chemistry, in astrophysics. Coming out of various forms of machine learning. So all of a sudden it becomes this tool that is applicable to a whole range of things and is changing those fields.”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019
Hennessy: Scientific innovation requires a new breed of interdisciplinary machine learning experts
“And this is a big gap right now because the senior people in the field, it's highly unlikely that most of Most of them are going to take a year or two out and go back and learn a bunch of things about computer science and statistics and machine learning ideas.…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Hennessy: Commercialization flexibility gives universities a major recruiting edge for faculty
“So you're a young person, you've got multiple faculty offers, you might be interested someday in taking your technology out. Where's the place to come? Well, it's pretty obvious where the place to come is, and that's a big benefit to the university in terms of…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Hennessy: The drain of AI faculty to industry will harm long-term innovation
“I think we're in a tricky position right now, especially around the machine learning AI area, where there are lots of faculty who are leaving, and that will hurt the industry in the long term, because that means we're eating the sea corn.”
Jan 2, 2019
Hennessy: Foundational tech startups must target underdogs seeking a competitive advantage
“Companies are always a little reluctant to take a risk on a startup, particularly with something like a new architecture, which really is a long commitment. So what you had to do was find companies who felt like they needed a leg up. Over the other players in …”