The Minutes of Dylan Patel on transformers https://minutesof.com/dylan-patel/on/transformers/ Everything Dylan Patel has said on transformers: 3 verbatim quotes between August 2023 and January 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:10:09 +0000 Patel says at his first NeurIPS in 2021 or 2022 he only stopped at posters mentioning transformers. https://minutesof.com/q/b9ae2fa9-fe32-4b7e-b3ac-cafb3ca211c3/ https://minutesof.com/q/b9ae2fa9-fe32-4b7e-b3ac-cafb3ca211c3/ “I remember the first NURBS I went to, it was, like, '21 or '22. And I was like I would walk around. I'd stop only posters that said the word transformer.” — SAIL Media Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:46:15 +0000 transformers Patel says at 2021-22 NeurIPS he only stopped at posters containing the word transformer, ignoring everything https://minutesof.com/q/c0a26b42-1dee-4508-aef9-d3821ebc8678/ https://minutesof.com/q/c0a26b42-1dee-4508-aef9-d3821ebc8678/ “And I was like I would walk around. I'd stop only posters that said the word transformer. Like and anything that didn't say transformer, I just didn't read it.” — SAIL Media Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:46:15 +0000 transformers Patel jokes that transformers are the most capitalist invention because spending more money reliably improves https://minutesof.com/q/f4c5910f-06d2-4bd4-96c8-dc3500a57ad6/ https://minutesof.com/q/f4c5910f-06d2-4bd4-96c8-dc3500a57ad6/ “I like to joke, like, transformers are the most, like, capitalist thing that's ever been invented because you just throw more money at it, it gets better.” — The Inside View Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:00:23 +0000 transformers