Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
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Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#72Altman'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.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#73Altman'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.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#74Ilya 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.
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
#75Altman'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.
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#76Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#77Ilya 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.
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
#78Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#79'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…
Re: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
#80Plot twist: Ilya joins xAI next.