Brockman: Solid Engineers with Zero AI Experience Are Productive Day One at OpenAI
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Greg Brockman, CTO and cofounder of OpenAI, addresses whether new hires need an AI PhD to be productive at OpenAI.
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“So someone like that can actually become productive from day one.”
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