Plot twist: Ilya joins xAI next.
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Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
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Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#52'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 co…
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Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#53Ilya will literally have a blank check from almost all the VC's in the industry.
And probably all of the big tech CEOs are trying to get him on the phone right now.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#54Plot twist he starts his own AI company
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#55Ilya knows how ChatGPT works. Any company that hires him will be able to catch up with ChatGPT.
You will still need the compute resources of Microsoft, Meta etc.
And they have their own people who equally know how LLMs work.
Even raising funds is not a certainty given that VCs are becoming more cautious with AI as they realise it's now a platform fight between the mega corporations.
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#56Earlier 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.
Hmm no, I don't think that's the case, but what exactly is the legal or ethical relevance of it?
You don't generally get to excuse bad behavior because you can make up a hypothetical different person doing the same bad thing in that situation.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
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#58Altman'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.
It could be a PR statement, it could also be genuine. From outside looking in there's no way to know, so I will just pretend this tweet doesn't exist.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#59Ilya will literally have a blank check from almost all the VC's in the industry.
Most of the VCs have already spent their money in the last couple of years.
So he may have a blank check but not nearly enough to build an OpenAI competitor.
Would love to see him at IBM with full use of their quantum systems.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#60Altman'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.
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