Ilya Sutskever

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 8, 2024 by Sam Altman · said 19 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Everything said about Ilya Sutskever, oldest first

Nov 8, 2024 positive
Opinion
Altman: Ilya Sutskever is a genuine genius and visionary
“He's also, he's extremely smart, like, true, true, genuine genius and visionary, but also he has this incredible presence”
Sam Altman Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 13:11 How To Build The Future: Sam Altman · Y Combinator
Feb 21, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ilya Sutskever defined AGI as unsupervised learning containing reinforcement learning
“And then he told me the only thing that matters is he drew two circles. One big circle, called it unsupervised learning, and then inside he said, reinforcement learning, another circle, and he said, this is AGI, every other research doesn't matter.”
Aravind Srinivas Feb 21, 2025 ▶ 1:23 How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas · Y Combinator
Feb 21, 2025 positive
Insight
Search and autonomous driving are the only AI product data flywheels
“There are probably only two problems where you can work on AI and also build product at the same time. One is like search, and the other is self-driving car.”
Aravind Srinivas Feb 21, 2025 ▶ 2:55 How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas · Y Combinator
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