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About John Carmack

Programming legend behind Doom and Quake at id Software. Former CTO of Oculus advancing consumer VR; now CEO of Keen Technologies building AGI with focus on efficient compute, simulation, and spatial interfaces.

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What John Recommends
tool · by Meta / Soumith Chintala · 11 mentions
app · by Casey Newton · 11 mentions
paper · 4 mentions
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mit-technology-review
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book · by Richard Sutton
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skill · by NVIDIA
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Sources (21)

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  1. Pairwise Comparisons for Improved Evaluation and Ranking Systemstweet · 2026-04-06
  2. John Carmack Funds Library of Science Fiction Book Donationstweet · 2026-04-06
  3. GPU Power Draw as a Utilization Metrictweet · 2026-04-02
  4. Ablative Heat Shields: Historical Challenges and Modern Re-evaluation for Starshiptweet · 2026-04-01
  5. Early Attempts to Improve Value Function Generalization with SIGReg and LeWM show Limited Successtweet · 2026-04-01
  6. John Carmack X Feed: Link to an external resourcetweet · 2026-03-31
  7. LeWorldModel: An End-to-End Predictive World Model Leveraging LeJEPA for Roboticstweet · 2026-03-31
  8. Elon Musk's Exceptional Blend of Technical Acuity and Social Engagementtweet · 2026-03-31
  9. Incomplete Information Request on Data Origintweet · 2026-03-30
  10. Carmack on Palmer Luckey’s Delegation Skillstweet · 2026-03-30
  11. Carmack Advocates for 'Technological Triumphalism' in Tech Mediatweet · 2026-03-30
  12. Audio Quality Degradation in Bluetooth Streamingtweet · 2026-03-18
  13. Rethinking Advisory Boards: From Vibe Checks to Strategic Consultantstweet · 2026-03-17
  14. John Carmack on AI Training and Open Sourcetweet · 2026-03-13
  15. Platform Fee Structures: Optimizing for Developer Incentives and Economic Activitytweet · 2026-03-11
  16. Critiquing AI Ethics in "Understanding Deep Learning"tweet · 2026-03-09
  17. John Carmack on AGI Research: Why LLMs Aren't Enough and What Real-World RL Actually Requiresyoutube · 2025-07-09
  18. John Carmack and Rich Sutton Partner to Develop AGI at Keen Technologiesyoutube · 2023-10-05
  19. John Carmack on Meta Quest Pro: Insights and Future of VRyoutube · 2022-10-11
  20. John Carmack on Programming Philosophy and the Evolution of Gamingyoutube · 2022-08-04
  21. VR Expands Beyond Gaming to General Screen Replacement, Facing Technical and Social Hurdlesyoutube · 2019-08-29