[modeless]

Sorry, it's definitely not true that you need to be an expert in LLMs to optimize BLAS kernels. Also, he started working on AI at least five years ago, which is a long time in AI world, probably before Justine Tunney started actually. And he's been optimizing code his whole life.

[jart]

I was part of the Google Brain team working on TensorFlow back in 2015. Please note that doesn't mean I understand how LLMs work. Although I do know how matrix multiplication works now. At least until I apply my focus to the next area of impact and forget everything I just learned.

[modeless]

I stand corrected!