Nando de Freitas Nostalgic for Pre-GPU AI Era; Coding Agents Bring New Research Joy
sirbayes · x · 2026-10-08
Nando de Freitas reminisced about the era when NVIDIA and Google weren't into AI and professors and students laid AI's foundations without GPUs. sirbayes replied that coding agents have enabled a new era of research productivity and fun for him and others.
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