Ilya Sutskever

10 statements across 10 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Nov 18, 2023 by Sharon Goldman · said 74 times in 25 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Alex Kantrowitz (53), Ranjan Roy (5), Reed Albergotti (4), Aaron Levie (4), M.G. Siegler (3), Sharon Goldman (2), Ed Zitron (1), Dwarkesh Patel (1)

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Nov 18, 2023 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Goldman: OpenAI Can Remain Competitive Without Altman but Creates Space for Rivals
“I think so. I mean, I don't feel like open AI was just Sam Altman. I mean, I think That you know, Greg Brockman, I think Ilya Sutskiver, I think Mira, I think there's a lot of people in place. I'm sure that there, the, that sense of mission and the product its…”
Sharon Goldman Nov 18, 2023 ▶ 8:27 Emergency Podcast: Sam Altman Fired At OpenAI
Dec 4, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sitaraman: Ilya Sutskever identifies as an AI safety advocate, not EA
“If you talk to people who know Ilya, he's like, I'm not EA, I'm AI safety.”
Deepa Sitaraman Dec 4, 2023 ▶ 24:07 Silicon Valley's Effective Altruist vs. Accelerationist Religious War
May 15, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Individual AI scientists are probably replaceable at large research labs
“Then I, you know, I think like the default perspective is listen, you've got thousands of scientists who are doing AI. Surely any one of them is replaceable. I think that's probably correct, but. I'm not in the field enough to know that.”
Dwarkesh Patel May 15, 2024 ▶ 1:16 AI Scaling, Alignment, and the Path to Superintelligence — With Dwarkesh Patel
Jun 14, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: Ilya Sutskever raised billions without releasing a product
“Well, Ilya obviously has raised billions without releasing a product.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 14, 2025 ▶ 21:33 Sam Altman’s Gentle Singularity, Zuck’s AI Power Play, Burning Of The Waymos
Jun 23, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: Zuckerberg Offered $32B for Safe Superintelligence and Was Rejected
“Zuckerberg tried to spend thirty two billion on Ilya Suskever's AI start, startup, safe super intelligence. Suskever ultimately turned Meta down.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 23, 2025 ▶ 35:57 OpenAI and Microsoft Tension Boils, Amazon’s Job Automation, Zuck’s Spending Spree
Jun 30, 2025 bearish
Insight
Albergotti: Frontier AI Breakthroughs Are Easily Copied and Hard to Defend
“Like they're so, I mean, they're so easily copied. It seems like that, you know, if you're just doing AI research and you make like a breakthrough like that, that's really about like technique and, you know, how long can you hold onto that? IP before, you know…”
Reed Albergotti Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 52:49 The Web’s ‘Existential’ AI Threat, OpenAI’s Microsoft Office Competitor, Tesla Robotaxi Launch
Oct 13, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: Ilya Sutskever Said 'Pre-Training Is Dead' in December
“In December, Ilya Sutskever said that pre-training is dead.”
Alex Kantrowitz Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 6:52 AGI or Bust, OpenAI’s $1 Trillion Gamble, Apple’s Next CEO?
Nov 10, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: Unsealed deposition shows Sutskever accused Sam Altman of chronic lying
“The very first page says, Sam exhibits a consistent pattern of lying, undermining his execs, and pitting his execs against one another. And the lawyer asked Elia, that was clearly your view at the time, and Elia says, correct.”
Alex Kantrowitz Nov 10, 2025 ▶ 49:58 OpenAI Bailout?, Elon’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal, Amazon Sues Perplexity
Jan 13, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Siegler: Apple will not acquire Safe Superintelligence for tens of billions
“I don't think that they're going to do a deal. That's like, you know, the thirty billion dollar, 3040, fifty billion dollars that it would take to buy safe, super intelligence just to do that.”
M.G. Siegler Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 48:49 AI’s Steve Jobs?, Big Tech AI Chaos, 2026 Crystal Ball
Aug 3, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Albergati: Efficiently Networking GPUs Is Today's Most Valuable AI Researcher Skill
“Like, that is actually, like, probably the most valuable skill of an AI researcher at this point, right? Is like, Figuring out how to efficiently string these GPUs together, make them work all at the same time.”
Reed Albergotti Aug 3, 2026 ▶ 32:24 Leopold Blows Up, OpenAI Drastically Cuts Prices, Microsoft’s Best Day
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