Tesla's AI head, Andrej Karpathy, confirmed his resignation. The senior director handling the EV maker's Ai and computer vision departments announced his decision to leave Tesla on July 13.
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Tesla loses its head of AI and vision Andrej Karpathy – a big loss for the Autopilot team https://t.co/ooObN8feU3 pic.twitter.com/8Ldmv4O3U9
— Engin Dikmen (@gezgintrk) July 13, 2022
"It's been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways," said Karpathy via his official Twitter announcement post.
It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways. In that time, Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to city streets and I look forward to seeing the exceptionally strong Autopilot team continue that momentum.
— Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) July 13, 2022
He added that he is looking forward to seeing the Tesla Autopilot become better even without his presence in the company.
As of writing, his tweet was able to generate more than 8,000 likes and 500 retweets.
Tesla AI Head Andrej Karpathy Resigns
According to Electrek's latest report, Karpathy hasn't provided the specific reason behind his sudden resignation.
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But, he shared that wanted to continue his passion for open source, education, and especially around the technical work in artificial intelligence development.
His sudden resignation will certainly sadden many fans of the EV maker, especially since he is among the rare executives who are allowed to take the center stage during presentations.
Before his resignation, the ex-Tesla AI senior director became quiet. After people asked why Karpathy is out of the scene, Elon Musk confirmed that he was on sabbatical leave (for four months).
I have no concrete plans for what’s next but look to spend more time revisiting my long-term passions around technical work in AI, open source and education.
— Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) July 13, 2022
Because of this, many individuals were worried, especially since many Tesla executives who also took their breaks also decided to resign.
Now, this scenario happened again with Karpathy. Although this is the case, the billionaire thanked Andrej for his contributions to the rising Tesla Autopilot tech.
Musk said that it has been an honor working with the ex-AI head.
Andrej Karpathy's Contributions
Karpathy joined Tesla back in June 2017. After being hired by the EV maker, he quickly became the head of the company's Autopilot computer vision team.
Before he accepted Tesla's offer, he was already working for a firm backed by Elon Musk; OpenAI. Andrej is considered by Tesla as one of the individuals who are more than fit to work for its Autopilot program.
During his time with the company, he is seen as a competent leader, which greatly helped in the enhancements of Tesla's self-driving tech. If you want to see further details about Karpathy, you can visit this link.
On the other hand, ex-Tesla employees were being hired by Apple, Amazon, and other tech firms.
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