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27 December 2024 18h58

algorithmic feeds are the first at-scale misaligned AIs

Alec Radford’s Genius-Level Contributions to AI Field

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27 December 2024 16h30

it is hard to overstate how much alec radford has contributed to the field, and how much of everyone's current progress traces back to his work. i believe he is a genius at the level of einstein, and also he is one of my favorite people ever–hard to imagine a nicer, warmer, or

OpenAI Strawberry Team Leadership Achievement Recognized

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27 December 2024 16h22

i especially want to thanks @MillionInt who relentlessly leads the strawberry team–getting to this point was one of the best displays of leadership in openai history, with much more to come.

The Challenge of Original Research Over Replication

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27 December 2024 16h22

it is (relatively) easy to copy something that you know works. it is extremely hard to do something new, risky, and difficult when you don't know if it will work. individual researchers rightly get a lot of glory for that when they do it! it's the coolest thing in the world.

Building Talented Research Teams Drives AI Progress Forward

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27 December 2024 16h22

it's also extremely hard to rally a big talented research team to charge a new hill in the fog together. this is key to driving progress forward. thanks to ilya, jakub, bob, mark, and many other exceptional research leaders who got us here.