Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#1

Post by convexstrictly » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:04 AM UTC

Jakub Pachocki, director of research; Aleksander Madry, head of AI risk team, and Szymon Sidor.

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Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#2

Post by convexstrictly » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:06 AM UTC

In March, Sam Altman said that Pachocki's "overall leadership and technical vision" was essential for pre-training GPT-4.

https://twitter.com/sama/status/1635700851619819520

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#3

Post by convexstrictly » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:11 AM UTC

Jakub Pachocki and Szymon Sidor have worked on mu-parametrization/tensor programs and Dota 2.

https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/J.-Pachocki/2713380?s...

As @eachro pointed out, Aleksander Madry is on leave from his MIT professorship. His publications:

https://madry.mit.edu/

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#4

Post by thr8976 » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:16 AM UTC

Aleksander in particular is deeply invested in AI safety as a mission. It's a very confusing departure, since most of the reporting so far indicates that Ilya and the board fired Sam to prioritize safety and non-profit objectives. A huge loss for OpenAI nonetheless.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#5

Post by hindsightbias » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:32 AM UTC

I'm going to predict more by tomorrow as the AGI secures its position.

In other news, Tesla FSD has been rebranded Saneer-Weeksbooth Autobot. So be careful out there folks.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#6

Post by cinntaile » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:32 AM UTC

thr8976 wrote: post #4

Aleksander in particular is deeply invested in AI safety as a mission. It's a very confusing departure, since most of the reporting so far indicates that Ilya and the board fired Sam to prioritize safety and non-profit objectives. A huge loss for OpenAI nonetheless.

The way Sam and Greg were fired maybe led him to no longer have faith in the company and so he quit?

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#7

Post by eachro » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:32 AM UTC

Was Madry at OpenAI for a sabbatical? I thought he was a professor at MIT.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#8

Post by karmasimida » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:33 AM UTC

Well it begins. OpenAI will be a shell of itself in very short time.

Advice: you can't win over a narrative, which is what Sam has become. People and resources will come to him, by themselves.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#9

Post by wyy1995 » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:34 AM UTC

Sam should lead a group of outstanding engineers to rebuild another AI company. Maybe in the long run, leaving openai's naive board of directors might not be a bad thing for him.

Re: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

#10

Post by xyst » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 7:35 AM UTC

2024 for OpenAI is looking bleak.