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Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

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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.

Someone has already tried doing that, and it's pretty close:

https://twitter.com/eli_schein/status/1790520139164614820

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

#74
post #43

Ilya 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.

Wouldn’t they have had convos weeks ago and this is just making it official?

Sure some people do ‘jump off the burning platform’, but most like to have some alternative options worked out.

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

#75

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.

Personally I don’t trust much of anything sam says, so I’d take any framing with a large grain of salt

Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI

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post #43

Ilya 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.

> Most of the VCs have already spent their money in the last couple of years.

Lol no. There is about ~$500B in VC dollars, not to mention $1.2T in buyout dry powder still floating around. Not to mention venture funds raised continue to grow YoY.

https://www.bain.com/globalassets/noindex/2024/bain_report_g...

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 co…

I read the linked article and have no clue what the author is even trying to say..
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