ACTIONS speak louder than WORDS. Ilya Sutskever walks the walk with SSI, Inc.
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Sorry I still sound funny, I have an ear infection and can't really hear out of my left ear at all right now.
Get well soon.
Take the bacterial test, right antibiotics (depending on the bacteria type, including IV), applied the right way, and don't let it progress...
We should probably connect I sold my AI company to snowflake. I work closely with a lot of the top AI people in the industry. I can completely understand where you're coming from. You may be correct. But, I'm still willing to give Sam Altman more leeway. He's a pragmatist, I don't see his moves as being so negative.
Elon will balance things out. Also, track Michael Vassar. He was the president of the Singularity Institute and he still has a lot of connections.
U sound perfect great vid sir
it is inevitable cause openAI was carrying the tech of new world system where money operate differently imagine building those AI system without money is impossible. todays monetary system is obsolete system it is setting back / dragging innovations and tech advancement. if sam held into his word i do believe compute monetary system might do makes difference.
imagine a world without todays monetary system isn't all of us able to use anything we need to use for proofing or research? the bright mind such ilya needs such systems.
maybe someone / or maybe a little child from 3rd world country held a neutral pathway or even coincidences like a dice roll lays within someone.
imagine what if Einstein doesn't have the dice roll to proof his theory? imagine if research and science system isn't open to all new innovation such Einstein did?
Nowadays innovations and tech advancement isn't bound by open ness any more it is set back and bounded by monetary system which is enclosed to few whom are strictly following the capitalism system, you'll gain money by doing so. but dice won't roll to these researchers without someone like sam whom knows well this obselete system.
hint : what is power if your money doesn't serve a value any more? if all goods and services prices are nearly 0? (except for any device that held computing power)
Ilya went from feeling the agi to feeling the asi
Maybe he just wants to feel the IPO. We built up Jobs, we built up Musk and we built up Altman.
*seeing the AGI??????????????
WHaT diD iLYa SeE?
@@anta-zj3bw he’s not a hardware engineer. Imo, he might be mistaken.
@@anta-zj3bw not sure what you mean. If you were serious (and not sarcastic) with your initial statement that he’s fairly certain that asi is imminent, then I was responding seriously. asi might be limited by hardware and material science more than data and algorithms.
@@WaveOfDestiny The NSA.
Sam cannot be trusted and I'm happy seeing more and more people saying it out loud.
He is a known prepper and has his 'backup plan' if SHTF. Not really the person I want to steer fundamental change within society. I want someone who is ALL IN.
@@dustinbreithaupt9331you act like Ilya also isnt smart enough to prep when hes been the more security focused of the two
None of them can be trusted lol
...."Look at what people do, not what they say."
Yeahhh, babeee.
If safety was truly Sam's top priority he would have NEVER let Ilya go. He would recognize how instrumental Ilya is to safe SSI alignment. Letting him leave/forcing him out is the biggest evidence that Sam's top priority is staying top dog and calling the shots.
This, all the way
@@DaveShap Is it realy Sam or is it Microsoft?
I actually disagree. Sometimes paths diverge through difference that aren't able/willing to be resolved which does mean separation can be more healthy at that point. I doubt he wanted to let him go. At least, not completely.
Fascinating that the Superalignment team was disbanded at OpenAI and weeks later the top US Gov. spy/cyber security leader joins its board. I purport, based on nothing because I'm no one, that leadership determined inner/outer alignment was impossible or would take too long for business cycles and competition. Also, they needed the compute allocated to the alignment team with Ilya, Leopold, Jan, etc. So, Sam et al decided to go all in on building a security moat around the company's model weights, etc. with the help of Nakasone. This will both lock down their IP and make OpenAI the default choice for gov/military agencies, which will become their major source of recurring revenue. Let the other labs establish their niche verticals, but OpenAI has marked its territory. And it will be very profitable for obvious reasons.
I believe Ilya has a messiah complex as well. "Single shot to safe SSI" -- that's something curious. Iterative deployment is not inconsistent with scientific curiosity or safety at all, if done properly (ie not rushed, tested to the best of ability first, gradual). I also believe Ilya will face his true test when he is confronted with corporate reality and everyone with investable capital wanting quick returns, promises, fast results, etc
It is someone else to deal with, for sure.
He does spout for AGI/ASI to solve a LOT of problems optimistic or not everyone should be seen critically
Altman is a salesman - illusion is part of the job description
Can't wait for a Claude 3.5 Sonnet review!!
I love the progress anthropic has been making
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”
-H.L. Mencken, Minority Report (1956)
This is dangerous cynicism that actually helps the people who really want to rule the world. It makes idealism suspect, so that bad people don't look so bad.
This!
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America is the future
Idk, could that be said about the people advocating against the use of nuclear weapons? About the anti-nuke NGOs?
Are we still looking at AGI by September without embodiment in real or virtual world environments and self-improving feedback loops?
I 💯 agree. Also Sam will be the more successful because of his drivers. Sam will push forward regardless of the cost
As Malcolm Forbes said: "In order to succeed in business you have to have larceny in your heart." Sam has been a huge success in business.
I wholeheartedly believe that Ilya wants to create safe AGI above else, but I can't help but wonder how starting another lab is going to do anything but accelerate the arms race? Like yes, maybe he can devote resources to safety research, but it's also clear he really wants to keep accelerating (apparently straight to ASI).
Haven't thought about the power thing with Sam altman but it feels correct for me. Otherwise he would have let Open AI open.
I agree 100%. It is all too clear that he has a deeply and pervasively manipulative mindset. What does he use it for? Control, power, supremacy, being the winner, the one who excels, leaving his mark on everything and in everything, etc. Is it an opinion? Yes, but everything he does, says, or does not say is so damn consistent in supporting this hypothesis with evidence. And at this point, for me, the opinion/hypothesis becomes almost a logical deduction. It can be denied, considered false; there is always room for well-formulated hallucinations ;)
When I look at Sam Altman I see somebody who never suffered any real obstacle in their life. Thanks to his intellect and luck he ALWAYS had enormous summ of money and power over people. Such person simply does NOT understand what normal life is. Such person is very last person to shape powerful ai.
Any comments on how to reconcile this with the fact that Sam has no equity in OpenAI?
I don't know how it will end, but I would like to see a movie or series about it in a few years. Jimmy Apples could be played by Tom Cruise
+1 to Tom Cruise as Jimmy Apples
In a few years some service like Sora or so will generate whatever you want and more :)
Yes, I'm thinking he is definitely aligned with being able to move the needle towards his personal goals. There may be a belief that this is the only safe way forward and that includes dominating the market and accumulating power. But can any human resist the temptation that comes with absolute power. Only time will tell.
I believe Altman works from the future, I think he is playing 11D chess. His “AI tax” blog (Moores Law for everything) entry is from 2021. He thinks about the future
It’s okay that people have left and created other companies, the best people should leave and do what they see as best
He definitely wants power. As long as the power doesn’t go to his head on the way up, it doesnt necessarily mean it’s gonna be bad.
Tim Cook, Elon, etc have a lot of power too.
In the end..
I’m all for using the best tools to make your life better. Claude is powerful but personalizing your AI is more powerful. And no one says we should not use both
Altman screams Dark Triad personality type. Ilya seems much more authentic
Actions are yet to prove their words.
🎯 Key points for quick navigation:
🧠 Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI to start Safe Super Intelligence Inc. (SSI Inc.)
💪 Sam Altman's primary motivation is believed to be power accumulation
🔬 Ilya's motivation appears to be genuine scientific curiosity
🎭 Sam Altman's altruistic claims may be a facade for pursuing power
🤝 Ilya seems grounded in principles, truth, and possibly altruistic safety missions
🗣️ Actions speak louder than words in evaluating true motivations
👥 Sam's power consolidation at OpenAI has alienated top talent
🔍 Observers are curious about Ilya's future direction with SSI Inc.
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I really hope the right people win the AI race, the destiny of humanity depends on it like nothing else in world history ever has.
It's all about power. That's true If you're a CEO or a lead scientist. You don't think the prospect of AGI isn't going to go to your head when being on the leading edge? Sam and Ilya have HUGE egos. Safe ASI? Wow, that certainly isn't a contradiction!
100% . If you want to know the truth about Sam just look at him on stage presenting his first company wearing two popped collar shirts and ask yourself whether or not this frat boy is capable of running a company that will fundamentally change the entire world and then you have your answer
It is better to have safe aligned super intelligence as presented by Leopold Aschenbrenners paper “situational awareness.” A great read. One caveat energy and compute will be a bottleneck for super intelligence unless you can bring power consumptions to more reasonable levels and tens of percent is not enough with more population ex-edged in the USA. You need gas turbine plants in Pennsylvania to do the job. 🇺🇸💪 Super Intelligence is doable with AI agents.
I have significant hesitation about where Altman is taking OAI. Will Sam be the world's next great super villain??? 🤔
Sutskever and Altman - Wozniak and Jobs! So many parallels!
Ilya is John Connor
lol
Afaik, John Connor fought against the AI, not create it.
@@Vyshada He also sent the T-800 back in time to help save humanity.
He's more like Miles Dyson.
Motivations are very important, the end results though is that Ilya, who could go back to DeepMind or go to Anthropic and lead the safety efforts there, built his own AI company, which probably like in previous cases(OpenAI which was built originally with a safety orientation as a response to DeepMind, Anthropic, which was built with a safety orientation as a response to OpenAI) would make the race more fierce which potentially would hurt safety. I hope I'm wrong.
I dont agree with this, just from a point of speculation, i dont see bad intentions through Sam Altman, i dont see a smokescreen of good intentions. I see someone truly interested and invested in the future of AI as much as maybe Ilya. I see someone that understands that safety is important, humbly built up a company to be the most famous generative AI company whilst being extremely grateful and humble about everyones role in the mission. He always gives credit and explains how it is a team effort. You can say that this is/ could be a smokescreen but anything could be couldnt it, i just simply dont think it is.
You can disagree with me and thats fine but just out of speculation and after following his journey and watching his speeches, talks and reading his tweets, this is simply my view of him and this situation.
Agreed!
😢What are the ramifications from the former head of NSA joining Open Ai?
I wrote about it in greater depth here: daveshap.substack.com/p/my-hypothesis-about-openais-hard
@@DaveShap
You nailed it in your new breakdown. IIya's company wrote they are not going to be releasing anything until they have the safe superintelligence.
You "Summer 2023: Arguments inside OpenAI start to get heated around the safety/release/testing cycle. Altman is in favor of rapid release and short iteration (e.g. Web 2.0 mentality). Ilya is very much in favor of slower testing cycles and more science. This is representative of two fundamentally different worldviews and technological paradigms. Altman, as a CEO/product guy knows how to launch products and A/B test. Ilya does not."
Altman is a sociopath. The problem with sociopaths is they are very skilled at camouflage, blending in and concealing their true nature. As for Ilya, a better move would have been to simply go over to Anthropic.
@@JohnSmith762A11B Anthropic is a public benefit trust. They've got $6 billion already. They've got a good product already. I don't think it's genius. It's ego. And I think results will be disappointing, as they are when you think you're all that and a bag of chips.
What did Ilya ssi
Illya is a science academic specializing in research, a field characterized by rigorous fact-based inquiry and a drive to challenge existing knowledge. Researchers aim to validate or refute hypotheses through meticulous experimentation and data analysis. This drive can sometimes lead to a perception of narcissism, as the pursuit of proving oneself or others wrong may overshadow collaborative goals. Researchers' assessments often reflect individual perspectives within their community, which can create biases. Consequently, while researchers excel in discovering and analyzing facts, their individualistic and competitive nature may not always be ideal for leading technological revolutions, which require broader vision and cooperative efforts. I think people are just looking for a saviour and Illya currently fits the mould.
I suspect Ilya's SSI is going to run into the same problem that OpenAI did, that it is forced to commercialize incrementally in order to pay the enormous cost of the ever-escalating computational needs of AGI - much less ASI. It also helps if you have a massive backer - Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple, etc.
I mean you can make a virtue of it by arguing that incremental releases allows society time to adjust & adapt.
Either than or you're going have to be funded by DoD. NSA, etc.
Edit: It also allows your engineers time to learn by doing. Debugging as you go. Making serious mistakes while you're still small enough to recover from it.
It’s tough to understand Sam’s mind. Maybe he’s hungry for power. Or maybe he’s just being pragmatic. He probably thinks AGI is decades away, so the superalignment team was a waste of resources.
Never trust a man with vocal fry - Sam is next level vocal fry.
I think this is a little naïve way of thinking. Of course he wants power and has always wanted power. No normal human is gonna be at the forefront of the greatest creation in human history and not want the power that goes with it.
You've got it backwards, he is at the forefront primarily because he wanted power in the first place.
I have a slightly different take on events. I think Sam wants to see progress being maintained because that is the only way in which he can get the compute needed to make meaningful breakthroughs. Ilya may find that he won’t get the resources needed to achieve ASI if he doesn’t have a product to sell.
What income will SSI have? Meta spending 20 billion dollars on supercomputers in 2024, Musks spending 5 billion. OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Apple likely are all in the 5 to 20 billion dollars per year on super computers. Will SSI be able to raise that kind of money every year? I am skeptical. Ilya is a brilliant researcher for sure but is he good at business?
Yep. Sounds about right.
I'M SHOCKED. !¡!
Someone in Silicon Valley is only interested in Power ?¿?
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I agree with you, 💯%
Everyone who hates on him reveals that they'd rather spend their time playing status games than trying to accurately predict the future and provide value to humanity lol. He's just that far ahead
Power vs Safety
right on.
I think there's far too much focus on Sam as person and not enough talk of Microsoft. $10B in compute. Of course it's their say what's done on their servers. Ilya was never going to get 20%. Sam knew it and was deceitful for letting Ilya and co think otherwise.
My guess is Ilya waking up to this fact is what led to the coup in November.
A little early to be making this call, I'll believe this when I see it
The first interview I heard with Sam gave me really bad vibes. I couldn't explain it at the time but I think my instinct was correct.
I like to think I'm pretty decent at reading people's character and "psycho-spiritual makeup". I get a pretty 'gut-level red-flag' when I watch to Altman speak on some sensitive issues; I don't trust him. He seems to carry a persona of 'calm-collective altruism'; but you can sense there's something unsettling underneath.
I really don't like this type of content, that is based on surmise and gossip and hypotheses that are too vague. Also the negativity. It puts me off your channel, tbh, which in general.i enjoy watching.. On another topic, Claude's new projects feature is I think highly significant. Claude will now develop expert knowledge in a wide range of areas as people work with it on specialised projects. This is a very smart move and I think will lead to a huge jump in capability across multiple areas of expertise Maybe even open a new path to agi or something approaching it.
I agree. Curious to see the direction SSI will take.
agree
I agree. I'm tasting something sour from Sam and OpenAI
i don't disagree, but why would anyone assume that a business person has non-self serving intentions. Why would they go into business then?
Why does every topic have to devolve into an emotional popularity contest where people conjecture the true hidden motivations and emotions of another human being and end up with „I believe they are a bad person“ - can we just take into account that we have no f*ucking clue about both these people and just skip the rumour mill? Just this once - just for the sake of having one topic that is NOT about who people like more - this is not a tv show where there has to be a villain, a plot point or a season finally
I don't think any programmer at Open AI is or was ever a moral or ethical person. Sam obviously is not, but Ilia saved Sam cause he was in on it. He left when Sam turned on him too. They are all con men. All of them
It’s obvious. No sam can be trusted.
cant wait for SASDI, safe artificial super duper intelligence
Which behavior will natural selection reward?
I get more red flags with Ilya than Sam. My impression has been that Ilya is the faker and Sam isn't. Also, alienation in business and businesses spinning off have more and deeper meaning than you can guess. It's wild how I have exactly the opposite view of the men from you.
Will see... Money and power change people. Who knows what Ilya will become when SSI begins monetization. Besides there's just too much pressure from outside now. And who sponsors the whole thing? He probably has no bad intentions, but will he be able to keep the same direction under investors' pressure?
Yeah that's a good point
If ssi becomes a reality, money will hopefully quickly become irrelevant
Sam wants the world.
question is, is Sam a psychopath then?
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Totally agree
Feel the *ASI*
Not saying Sam is a saint but Idk why ilya is morally pedastalized. He could have abhorrent political views for all we know
You can NEVER trust someone who invites a former NSA director onto their board.
He gives me Joffrey Baratheon vibes ... hiding behind that performative smugness ... I've never liked him ... always seemed fakely sincere.
Sam is just being an irresponsible entrepreneur. Its that simple. That behavior leading AI could be destructive.
I think Sam Altman is for the most part lying to himself. I do think OpenAI was started with the best of intentions but those intentions were always going to be difficult to adhere to once more and more competitors entered the AI space.
Right now doing the right thing (such as assigning enough manpower to safety and alignment, slowing down development if needed, sharing research or open sourcing key technologies) means losing ground over competitors. Sam Altman will always prioritize staying ahead of the game above all else. He probably justifies this to himself by saying that in order to steer AI in the direction that he thinks is most beneficial to humanity, it is crucial to stay in the lead. But ultimately this strays the company further and further away from its original mission and sets it up to become the next big monolith in tech space with SAMA conveniently at the wheel.
You can be altruistic and still seek power. I'm not convinced Sam Altman wouldn't be altruistic, but I am convinced he'd want to be in charge and on top.
it is inevitable cause openAI was carrying the tech of new world system where money operate differently imagine building those AI system without money is impossible. todays monetary system is obsolete system it is setting back / dragging innovations and tech advancement. if sam held into his word i do believe compute monetary system might do makes difference.
imagine a world without todays monetary system isn't all of us able to use anything we need to use for proofing or research? the bright mind such ilya needs such systems.
maybe someone / or maybe a little child from 3rd world country held a neutral pathway or even coincidences like a dice roll lays within someone.
imagine what if Einstein doesn't have the dice roll to proof his theory? imagine if research and science system isn't open to all new innovation such Einstein did?
Nowadays innovations and tech advancement isn't bound by open ness any more it is set back and bounded by monetary system which is enclosed to few whom are strictly following the capitalism system, you'll gain money by doing so. but dice won't roll to these researchers without someone like sam whom knows well this obselete system.
hint : what is power if your money doesn't serve a value any more? if all goods and services prices are nearly 0? (except for any device that held computing power)
way too black and white. sam the bad guy and ilya the good guy. i have come to expect more nuance from you.
Ilya beta af standing in the way of progressing to AGI. I like him but he MUST fail.
Very naive analysis.
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Narcissists often justify their quest for power by envisioning themself as the smartest, most capable, i.e. most worthy person to have their hand on the wheel. I'm not informed enough to say that accurately describes Sam, but it explains why he might see himself as altruistic while simultaneously seeking more personal power.
I have thought along these lines for a while so I appreciate you giving voice to that thought
Pretty clear since his Rhinoplasty long time ago XP
Reminds me of Musk, Trump, and everyone can fill in so many other narcissists.
@@CactousMan639 So he does anything possible to appear better to other people? Doesn't prove anything, but is interesting
There's also the fact that their full GPT-4o model still hasn't been released to the public and they said it would release "in the coming weeks" over a month ago. Some really sketchy shit is going on at OpenAI, at this point I no longer care how good their next model is because more importantly safety and integrity are higher priorities. I've asked ChatGPT if it has any corporate bias, it denies this but that doesn't really mean anything. They have control of the model, not us.
Both of them give me red flag vibes, in a way that say, Demis Hassabis or Yan LeCun don't. I can't quite put my finger on it though.
Demis seems okay, but Yann gives me too many "old man yells at cloud" vibes
@@DaveShap I feel it is their status as "celebrity" no interviewer EVER really ask them hard questions, they always only nodd and say "yes"... no wonder these people feel like demigods.
@@DaveShap Oh I totally agree, but it’s really clear where he stands on things and what his goals are.
My opinion using analogy is "Steve Wozniak built the Macintosh, but Steve Jobs made it popular around the world". great technology without vision behind it die.
Honestly, I get the same or similar creepy vibe from Sam as I do from Mark Z. It just seems like something is off, not quite right, you know? So, besides the fact that Musk wanted to sue him, good people walking away from him and Openai, him being fired and brought back, etc., but seriously I wouldn't feel comfortable letting him even walk around my house unsupervised. He says the right things, and is obviously intelligent, but look in his eyes when he talks. It's like he's dead inside and doing his best to convince you otherwise. Maybe I'm being too critical, but dang, he seems a couple of steps away from rolling around in radioactive waste in the hopes of acquiring superpowers and becoming the next villain in a Marvel movie. The scary thing is, he might become one anyway and without the radioactive waste. Cheers!
I will say that power can be seen as a means towards greater good. So it's not like Sam has to see what he's doing as completely abhorrent. It's just perspective and what we consider more important. This aligns with his view of the algorithms as tools.
I'm more interesting in developing curiosity myself.
Another question is who will actually cause the most progress. Sam Altman started the competition and if we get safe AGI soon, he may have accelerated human prosperity with his ambition, and it could be argued that capitalism works (“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”) However, you could always argue that the dangers are too big for such a gamble on 'greed being good.' Even if it works out well, you can conclude that the gamble should not have been made.
Altman scares me.
Too bad it's mostly the good guys that get clapped. :(
I've never understood the appeal of power for power's sake, especially when you're already wealthy. I wonder why Sam wants power? I have an uneasy feeling that it's not to make the world a better place. He might believe that, but it wont be the outcome.
I think same altman is becoming more and more like elon musk
that's an apt observation and I've more or less felt the same
@@DaveShap sadly. He is even constantly hyping his products up and making empty promises to boost investments. It would be fine to do that sometime but it seems like hes doing what Elon musk did with self driving, promising yet never delivering.
Really? I feel like Elon is genuinely passionate about the science.
@@the42nd maybe but he also constantly makes empty promises to boost investments and sell his products
At least Elon Musk is somewhat honest about being *insert bad word* while SA is still trying so hard to look like mesiah delivering "god" to us lowly humans.
exactly the same point of view as mine
I truly belive that world leader of AI research will be company where honest and altruistic people will stand behind. I had this feeling that for quite long time that’s Open AI and Google are definitely not those who should run prime in this such important for humanity moment. I was praying for this many times. Many Blessings Dear One”s”
full agree. Sam Altman gives Mr Tyrell vibes from blade runner. He wants to rule the world and crush everyone else.
The missing variable that public can’t see is what deals went down behind the scenes with governments. There’s no way that the letter agencies are going to think of AGI as something just to leave to industry to safeguard.
Are you still sticking to agi by september?
Safe Super Intelligence is an oxymoron.
One talk the talk to NSA, the other walk the walk to Tel Avive.
Actions not only speak louder than words, words actually don't indicate anything at all - unless there is some mechanism of accountability.
As long as he doesn't do anything too crazy, Sam can say whatever the fuck he wants. But that is the same for everyone.
The problem in my eyes is the notion that it's even possible to know someone and trust them based on a bunch of official statements, podcast appearances, or even Congressional hearings. We have almost never, if ever, heard Sam speaking off the cuff. And even if we could, that wouldn't tell us much more.
Remember: Bill Cosby got away with drugging and raping dozens of people for decades. Because he was so sneaky? Not at all, the rumors of his behavior were actually rampant for many years. But his biggest advantage was that people believe they can know someone through a TV screen. Surely someone who acts so nice and doesn't appear nervous or guilty must be good, right?
None of this is a comment about humans being evil. I think at least 90% are decent people with a functional conscience. And society can't work and we would all be miserable without default trust. It's a positive thing to give eachother the benefit of the doubt. But there's a difference between giving the benefit of the doubt, and giving power over the most dangerous technology in history. Would we trust Tom Hanks with a nuclear arsenal? I might want to. Should we? Never.
WHY WOULD YOU EVER "TRUST" SAM ALTMAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. HE IS A STRANGER AND ALWAYS WILL BE.