TensorFlow

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7 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Sep 28, 2017 by Stefan Karpinski · said 57 times in 31 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Sep 28, 2017 negative
Insight
Karpinski: Alternating language layers in AI frameworks prevents compiler optimizations
“They have what I've, I would describe as a sandwich problem, which is that you end up sandwiching a lot of system code with user code, and then, like, adding more and more layers of that, and as you've sandwiched, like, you know, seven or eight layers of that,…”
Stefan Karpinski Sep 28, 2017 ▶ 6:39 A Fresh Approach to Technical Computing // Viral Shah & Stefan Karpinski, Julia Computing
Nov 20, 2017 bullish
Opinion
Hoffman: TensorFlow is one of the top 10 innovations of the past decade
“In my opinion, it's one of the top 10 innovations in, in the last 10 years.”
Auren Hoffman Nov 20, 2017 ▶ 7:33 Where Should Machines Go to Learn? // Auren Hoffman, SafeGraph (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Mar 2, 2018 neutral
Insight
Oppenheimer: TensorFlow is open source, but scaling it is not
“TensorFlow is open source, but actually scaling it is not.”
Diego Oppenheimer Mar 2, 2018 ▶ 3:48 Building an Operating System for AI // Diego Oppenheimer, Algorithmia (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Jun 8, 2018
Insight
Dixon: 80% accurate ML models take a weekend; the rest takes decades
“You can sort of, like, you know, you can download TensorFlow, download some data sets, and over the weekend, probably come up with, you know, if you're a good programmer, come up with something that can do, like, 80% accuracy of whatever, let's say OCR or some…”
Chris Dixon Jun 8, 2018 ▶ 14:31 Fireside Chat: Chris Dixon, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (FirstMark's Data Driven)
May 1, 2023 positive
What-if
Falcon: Modern generative AI would not exist without open-source research
“None of this wouldn't exist if Google hadn't put published transformers and put the paper out there, right? None of this would have existed if Ah, the attention stuff would have been out there if the Anno hadn't been created, if TensorFlow hadn't been created.”
William Falcon May 1, 2023 ▶ 17:37 Build and Deploy AI with Pytorch | Lightning AI Founder & CEO, William Falcon
Aug 9, 2023 positive
Insight
Biewald: PyTorch beat TensorFlow through developer empathy, not eager execution
“I don't think they really, I think people tell this, the story of sort of the silver bullet. Of like you know, the eager execution model. But I think the reality is they just built a product with so much more empathy.”
Lukas Biewald Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 47:35 Startup to Industry Standard: Lukas Biewald Explains How W&B Scaled MLOps for OpenAI, NVIDIA & More
Mar 27, 2025
Assertion Supported
Lin Qiao: OpenAI switched completely from TensorFlow to PyTorch
“OpenAI switched to use PyTorch fully.”
Lin Qiao Mar 27, 2025 ▶ 8:00 Why This Ex-Meta Leader is Rethinking AI Infrastructure | Lin Qiao, CEO, Fireworks AI
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