Ex-DeepMind Engineer: 'A Fool in Motion Beats a Genius at Rest' Sums Up Deep Learning
yacinelearning · x · 2026-09-13
AI engineer Yacine (ex-DeepMind/Tesla) shared the quote "A retard in motion is smarter than a genius at rest," calling it the ethos that made deep learning work: massive trial-and-error and brute-force iteration over elegant theoretical planning.
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