Oculus CTO John Carmack says he is stepping down but will remain as a “consulting CTO” and will work on an artificial general intelligence as a personal project
Variety Janko Roettgers
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Discussion
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@oculus
@oculus
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Whether CTO or Victorian Gentleman Scientist, we're glad you're still on board to make VR magic happen with us. Looking forward to our next impromptu Beat Saber showdown! https://twitter.com/...
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@davidgaw
David Gaw
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Developer of iconic game about how research into advanced technology rips open a portal to Hell to focus full attention on researching advanced technology. https://twitter.com/...
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@a9felix
SFerrin
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@Techmeme @DJSnM @jank0 When he was on Joe Rogan and the topic came up Carmack gave a, “I think I need to take serious deep dive into this” vibe.
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@tomchivers
Tom Chivers
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John Carmack, the creator of Doom (and, more importantly, Doom II), is stepping down from his role at Oculus to try to help create artificial general intelligence https://www.facebook.com/... I have a sneak preview of what it will look like: https://twitter.com/...
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@musings_n
Random Thoughts
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@Techmeme @jank0 His talents are wasted on VR crap. Good.
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@jank0
Janko Roettgers
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A Facebook spokesperson just told me that @ID_AA_Carmack will keep advising the company on a number of projects. “For example, he will continue working on projects that maximize visual quality within a limited mobile compute budget.” Updated my story: http://variety.com/...
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@devinreimer
Devin Reimer
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Thanks @ID_AA_Carmack for all you have done! My life would definitely be different if it wasn't for you. Good luck on your next adventure! https://twitter.com/...
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@jabe8
John Berrigan
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be curious what he gets into over time now that he is free to play more https://twitter.com/...
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@ku1deep
Kuldeep
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John was clearly bored at Facebook. I for one am happy to see his talents go back to solving moonshot problems. https://twitter.com/...
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@auradeluxe
Tony Parisi
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I usually don't get misty about industry news like this, but in this case... I'm a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. #legend https://twitter.com/...