Ilya Sutskever: The Genius Behind OpenAI

Millions of people use ChatGPT, but almost nobody knows the man who created it.

Credits: @telavivuniversity @CNBCtelevision @ecorner @Scale_AI @DwarkeshPatel @SXSW

Timestamps:
0:00 Who is Ilya Sutskever?
0:36 Early Life
1:22 Education and Meeting Geoffrey Hinton
2:08 AI Winter and Skepticism
2:40 Breakthrough with ImageNet
3:22 Joining Google
4:12 The Formation of OpenAI
5:09 Early Struggles and Successes at OpenAI
6:06 Financial Crisis and Microsoft's Investment
8:09 Controversies
8:40 The Creation and Success of ChatGPT
9:55 Ilya’s Legacy

[matyasstoch]

This guy really deserves way more credit. I've heard of him, but now that I've seen this video, I'm astounded nobody talks about him more.

[aneesahmad]

Ilya Sutskever is the Steve Wozniak of Open AI.
Happy to see him getting recognized.

[yorth]

I'm glad people are giving Ilya Sutsekever his flowers. He more than deserves them!

[semprequeleroscomentariose]

"Progress in AI is a game of faith: the more faith you have, the more progress you can make" - Ilya Sutskever

Damn hahah

[TeamUpWithAI]

David, amazing storytelling skills!! Really well done video ^^

[heman]

Well after current events Ilya might not be remembered at all but by experts in the field. Sam Altman might be remembered as the edison of this time. Sometimes the geniuses that gave us the modern world are forgotten

[haneul]

5:25 He didn't donate 1b to OpenAI. He's always claimed it was 100 million but after a few years he started claiming he didn't remember the exact amount and it was about 50 million. The real number is unknown but some tax inspections suggest the number is closer to 50 million.

[photorealm]

Ilya rocks. He is so humble and patient and brilliant.

[bwpbruce]

This video needs to be updated with the most recent events.

[johnc]

Good to see some credit is given the person who knew something more than running his mouth. I've been astonished about the story we hear about Sam Altman, a school dropout. Haven't we seen this story before a couple of times.

[AlphaCrucis]

Can you do this for every prominent individual in the field? I like that it was informative, yet short enough to digest.

[itsdavidmora]

Really appreciated this high-level story of Ilya's life & work in AI!

What made it engaging was the way each story beat clearly pushed the story forward with either a "therefore" or "but.. (In fact, I'd say your script & story are so strong that the MrBeast-style music in the background made it *harder* to follow the story, not easier. First, it was distracting. Second, it gave what is otherwise a very serious story a bit of a cartoonish feel. I know this is YouTube where attention can feel scarce, but I'd trust your own instincts & taste rather than imitating the attention-hungry vibes of other videos. You've clearly got a lot of talent!)

[rogeroga]

Very well done! Very good content and presentation!

[gd]

lol I’m assuming the title of this video was different before Ilya fired Sam lol

[FernandoFlores-bvux]

wow! Truly amazed by this video that has nothing to envy to a fancy documental. Well done my friend, and I hope to see what's next for the years to come

[mensrea]

Dude just orchestrated perhaps the most shocking ouster of a CEO in corporate history. Who knew this guy had it in him? lol 🎥 🍿

[caresword]

It's crazy we all fallow childhood innstilt drive. No matter what you find interesting at young age...that's what will ultimately describe your life

[mehtasdeepak]

Editing is too good, is it da vinci resolve or premeir pro

[JonathanMorrisMusic]

Excellent content! Keep up the great work!

[mka_]

i think that elon invested 50/100 millions, not 1 BILL