Black Eyed Peas Member Joins Intel As Director

siliconbits writes "According to ITProPortal: 'Semiconductor giant Intel has announced that it has hired music artist Will.i.am as Director of Creative Innovation, which is a new post as far as we know. Will.i.am is one third of the popular music group, the Black Eyed Peas, and emulates the like of Lady Gaga, who is partnering with Polaroid to produce some groovy products.'"

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Intel wants to be Apple

[Fnkmaster]

They don't have a Steve Jobs, so they figured, hey, what the fuck, the Black Eyed Peas know more about "cool" than our engineers do.

Sigh.

I gotta feeling

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

that this job's gonna be a good job...

Music Producers push the technology

[DontLickJesus]

As a developer I applaud this move. I know many producers who really push the limits of their tech, I'm sure his input will be on the high-end side of what most developers would consider consultation with end users. While his music may not be nearly as innovative as someone like Trent Reznor, I can see the relationship being mutually beneficial. Also, music theory can really help developers when understanding multi-threaded or parallel architecture.

Give it a chance, something really good could come of this.

Dangerous job

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

The Slashdot blurb says: "Will.i.am is one third of the popular music group"
but TFA says: "Will.i.am is one quarter of the popular music group"

Gee, only hours into the job, and Will.i.am has already fallen victim to the Intel floating point bug...