person
Ali Rahimi
Google Brain ML researcher; 'Alchemy' speech
Google Brain researcher whose 2017 NeurIPS Test of Time speech labelled deep learning 'alchemy' for its lack of theoretical foundations. Influential framing in subsequent ML rigor debates.
current Research scientist, Google
Strategy positions
Evals-drivenendorses
Capability/risk evals gate deployment; evals are the load-bearing artefactArgued ML lacks the theoretical foundations of mature engineering disciplines; deployments built on it inherit that fragility.
Machine learning has become alchemy. We need to do science again.
Context: NeurIPS 2017 Test of Time award speech.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.