Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their past reporting on non-public information that I was personally familiar with has been 100% correct. This particular news about $10m packages was just corroborated independently by some well known researchers I follow on Twitter. Based on that and their prior track record of things they reported first that later became public and were true, I trust their reporting on other things I can't immediately verify.
> This particular news about $10m packages was just corroborated independently by some well known researchers I follow on Twitter. can you post the link?
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This particular news about $10m packages was just corroborated independently by some well known researchers I follow on Twitter. can you post the link?
https://x.com/ericjang11/status/1724231320317120676
> https://x.com/ericjang11/status/1724231320317120676
he was speculating in that tweet obviously.
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#33Hardwalled articles (that is, paywalls without workarounds) aren't allowed on HN - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 . theinformation.com used to open certain articles for HN readers but they stopped responding to our emails years ago
Are paywalls ok?
It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://x.com/ericjang11/status/1724231320317120676
> https://x.com/ericjang11/status/1724231320317120676 he was speculating in that tweet obviously.
It's a screenshot of his DMs. Someone he knows is telling him they know it's real. The name is cut off presumably because he doesn't want to out his friend who is disclosing non-public information.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
> https://x.com/ericjang11/status/1724231320317120676 he was speculating in that tweet obviously.
It's a screenshot of his DMs. Someone he knows is telling him they know it's real. The name is cut off presumably because he doesn't want to out his friend who is disclosing non-public information.
Yes, so we went from "corroborated independently by well known researcher", to researcher responded "psyops" on DM from unknown author, lol.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a screenshot of his DMs. Someone he knows is telling him they know it's real. The name is cut off presumably because he doesn't want to out his friend who is disclosing non-public information.
Yes, so we went from "corroborated independently by well known researcher", to researcher responded "psyops" on DM from unknown author, lol.
Seems like you won't accept anything short of Sam Altman himself announcing it on stage. I guess you'll just have to be satisfied not knowing.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, so we went from "corroborated independently by well known researcher", to researcher responded "psyops" on DM from unknown author, lol.
Seems like you won't accept anything short of Sam Altman himself announcing it on stage. I guess you'll just have to be satisfied not knowing.
yes, that's how professional journalists and outlets work: they announce news if they are verifiable. Tabloids spread rumors instead. There are many rumors to spread.
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#38It might be easier to use chatGPT to build something that is worth $10M. For example, there is the guy that made a crypto-currency.
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#39I'm curious why would they need to do this. They are ahead of Google (and are arguably less evil), so the best people should naturally want to go to them. Besides, they probably already have all the people they need, now they just need more GPUs to test ideas.
I dunno, I think it's pretty evil to misuse the word "open" like that
Would you rather work for Google developing cutting edge AI models, or for OpenAI?
Re: OpenAI offers $10M pay packages to poach Google researchers
#40What's the fastest way to jump this ladder. Swe at Google, cross train yourself on LLM in 20% time and at home, internal transfer, then get competing offers?
Most of these people presumably have PhDs from top tier universities. So... don't think you'd be able to jump aboard this train without going back to school for a bit.
Most of these people are the best in the world at what they do. Like literally, the best out of tens of thousands of other smart people doing the same thing. If you think that you will become the worlds foremost expert in something if you "go back to school for a bit", then I don't know, maybe you should just go for it.