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Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

#41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you not read what I said? They joined a non-profit and eventually realized the mission is futile.

So dissolve it, return the money, go start a commercial enterprise, then raise some money.

I’m sure that’s what each and every member of Hackernews would have done in the same position.

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

#44

Altman's tweet ( https://x.com/sama/status/1790518031640347056?s=46 ) makes it seem as if he wanted to stay, and Ilya disagreed and "chose" to depart. Very interesting framing.

While he does say, he is leaving for some personal and meaningful project, let’s see what it ends up being.

More like hustle culture’s “spend more time with the family”

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

#46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So dissolve it, return the money, go start a commercial enterprise, then raise some money.

I’m sure that’s what each and every member of Hackernews would have done in the same position.

Not all of us are as morally bankrupt as that. I personally think I could make tons of money with a dumb AI product in my specific area of expertise, but I don’t see how any tech from today would improve outcomes versus the SOTA that’s not AI, but it would add costs and complexity. I would personally be annoyed if a company I worked at changed its goals to make money rather than something more noble. It’s happened a few times to me, unfortunately.

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

#48

Altman's tweet ( https://x.com/sama/status/1790518031640347056?s=46 ) makes it seem as if he wanted to stay, and Ilya disagreed and "chose" to depart. Very interesting framing.

Nah. It’s same platitudes that’s always said when a someone high profile is fired.

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

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'Back in May 2023, before Ilya Sutskever started to speak at the event, I sat next to him and told him, “Ilya, I listened to all of your podcast interviews. And unlike Sam Altman, who spread the AI panic all over the place, you sound much more calm, rational, and nuanced. I think you do a really good service to your work, to what you develop, to OpenAI.” He blushed a bit, and said, “Oh, thank you. I appreciate the compliment.”

An hour and a half later, when we finished this talk, I looked at my friend and told her, “I’m taking back every single word that I said to Ilya.”

He freaked the hell out of people there. And we’re talking about AI professionals who work in the biggest AI labs in the Bay area. They were leaving the room, saying, “Holy shit.”

The snapshots above cannot capture the lengthy discussion. The point is that Ilya Sutskever took what you see in the media, the “AGI utopia vs. potential apocalypse” ideology, to the next level. It was traumatizing.'[0]

[0] What Ilya Sutskever Really Wants https://www.aipanic.news/p/what-ilya-sutskever-really-wants

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