Can you speak to the origins of it being 'not hotdog'?
Did you, or the writing staff or other consultants, start with hotdogs or dick picks?
It made me laugh because it reminded me of this popular lecture(o) that was, and is, passed around tech circles
Any relation? Or fun coincidence?
(o) https://youtu.be/uJnd7GBgxuA?t=5555s .. the lecture is given by andrej karpathy on 2016-09-24 and the timestamp goes to a point in the lecture where the lecturer discusses an interface made to have humans compete with conv nets to identify hotdogs
Ha seems like a fun coincidence. The writers came up with it early in the writing of season 4, and I started working on it sometime in the Summer of 2016 iirc. As far as the origin story goes, it was just great writers coming up with a great joke! Our lead technical consultant Todd mentioned to them we could actually build their joke for real, and the show jumped on the idea!
Classic.. yeah I think the lecturer says the project was from 2014
I suppose it's a clear testament to the quality of the show and its commentary.. thanks for your contribution to that end!