# François Chollet Creator of Keras at Google # François Chollet ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[François Chollet]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[François Chollet]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Abstraction is the key to generalization]] - [[Being above average at a few things makes you exponentially better at their intersection]] - [[If you see your decisions not as attempts at getting something, but rather as experiments on the path to figuring out the optimal course of action, there's no success or failure anymore, just varying rates of learning efficiency]] - [[In the era of algorithmic distraction, the ability to maintain a single thread of thought for four hours is a superpower. It is the only way to solve hard problems]] - [[Intelligence isn't a collection of skills. It's the efficiency with which you acquire and deploy new skills. It's an efficiency ratio]] - [[Language can be thought of as the operating system of the mind. It is not the substrate of the mind]] - [[People who think they already have all the answers will always refuse to ingest new information that might contradict their views. They just don't want to risk their certitudes. As a result, they never learn anything new and new grow.]] - [[The higher you climb, the more important it is to stay humble. Stay teachable, stay curious, stay approachable, don't be overconfident, take valid criticism seriously, acknowledge and analyze failures, listen]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[François Chollet]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Abstraction is the key to generalization]] - [[Being above average at a few things makes you exponentially better at their intersection]] - [[If you see your decisions not as attempts at getting something, but rather as experiments on the path to figuring out the optimal course of action, there's no success or failure anymore, just varying rates of learning efficiency]] - [[Language can be thought of as the operating system of the mind. It is not the substrate of the mind]] - [[People who think they already have all the answers will always refuse to ingest new information that might contradict their views. They just don't want to risk their certitudes. As a result, they never learn anything new and new grow.]] - [[The higher you climb, the more important it is to stay humble. Stay teachable, stay curious, stay approachable, don't be overconfident, take valid criticism seriously, acknowledge and analyze failures, listen]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[François Chollet]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->