πΊπΈ Dream came true today: My EB-1A Green Card petition for Aliens of Extraordinary Ability was approved! πΊπΈ
Some of you may have known that I spent the last year working on a 600 page document, that would otherwise cost a lawyer $15'000 to prepare and file.
Arturo Deza
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Building Robotaxis in LATAM before it was cool @Artificio_Org ποΈ β’ Prev: NeuroAI PostDoc: @MIT+@Harvard π§ . Was once a Professor π¦ β’ Peruviano π΅πͺ
- Big dream come true! Very happy & excited to announce that I have recently moved back to Lima, Peru (my home town!) to start an Assistant Professor position this August in Computer Science at @UTECuniversidad π΅πͺπ Vamos con fuerza ! π¦Ύ
- Replying to @AcademicChatterA PhD says more about perseverance rather than intelligence. Perseverance being an underrated quality in life and Intelligence being an overrated one.
- Yup, I've had VCs tell me "nice try buddy, I'm investing in the 19 year old dropouts who don't know linear algebra but know all the Buzzwords. They're young and hungry." π€¦ββοΈπIn 2024 startup world, being an expert in AI with the credentials and years of practice to back it up feels like trying to sell genuine Louis Vuitton bags at the bazaar in Istanbul.
- Replying to @jowyangWhile obviously not the same thing and the ripple pattern is different. We have a pretty epic oasis and dunes in Peru like Huacachina.
- Replying to @jacasiegelRespectfully disagreeing here. I had a blast! I lived by the beach (Santa Barbara), went surfing everyday, had academic freedom, lived by myself, made amazing friends, traveled the world (for conferences), took risks, woke up everyday at 11 am.
- Replying to @NoFumoTabacoBut then you remember the Nazca Lines from the Incan Empire y 'Todo Good'!
- 1/ I am excited to announce that we've started @Artificio_Org, a new privately-funded Moonshot R&D lab that aims to Solve Visual Intelligence in Humans & Machines and everywhere in between w/ @W33lliam96, @WangBinxu & Colin Conwell artificio.org
- Completely agree with Yann. I'd argue the next gen of AI systems will come from Computational Neuroscientists PhD students, not Computer Science PhD students. The NeuroAI wave is coming πIf you are a student interested in building the next generation of AI systems, don't work on LLMs
- Excited to announce that my first paper as senior author: βFinding Biological Plausibility for Adversarially Robust Features via Metameric Tasksβ has been accepted to ICLR (Spotlight scores 8,8,8,8) with lead of former undergrad Anne Harrington @MIT_CBMM:
- Your student is both the hero academia needs and deserves π
- Replying to @ArtDezaI also couldn't have done this alone without the help of many friends, family and mentors, so if anyone ever finds themselves in a similar situation, drop me a line, happy to help! π [I may even start a YouTube channel as a side-gig for scientists who are immigrants]
- Yes, this is why I also recommend my students who want to do Frontier AI to *NOT* pursue a PhD in Computer Science, but in Psychology, Neuroscience or Cognitive Science instead and pickup AI on the side.Replying to @fcholletI am more interested in a system with the cognitive abilities of a 4-year-old than in a big curve that has memorized the entire Internet.
- Replying to @MilesElliotMine was epic! Went surfing everyday, had a beach house, worked a solid 50 hrs per week with afternoon and night shifts, painted like a bohemian, great lab culture, and amazing advisor! For those interested, this was the Dynamical Neuroscience program at @ucsantabarbara









