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is a position of extraordinary power to put yourself into it. And I do think that he is attracted to the power and the influence that will come from being one of the people that invents this incredibly powerful thing.
is a position of extraordinary power to put yourself into it. And I do think that he is attracted to the power and the influence that will come from being one of the people that invents this incredibly powerful thing.
is a position of extraordinary power to put yourself into it. And I do think that he is attracted to the power and the influence that will come from being one of the people that invents this incredibly powerful thing.
So the first big one out the door this year is this guy, Andrej Karpathy, who was part of the founding team. He left for a while to go to Tesla. He comes back for exactly one year and then leaves.
So the first big one out the door this year is this guy, Andrej Karpathy, who was part of the founding team. He left for a while to go to Tesla. He comes back for exactly one year and then leaves.
So the first big one out the door this year is this guy, Andrej Karpathy, who was part of the founding team. He left for a while to go to Tesla. He comes back for exactly one year and then leaves.
In May, Ilya Sutskever, who was one of the board members who had forced Sam out last year, he announces that he is leaving the company and doesn't really say much about why he's leaving. But within a month, it's revealed that he's working on his own AI company called Safe Super Intelligence and raises a billion dollars just to get it off the ground.
In May, Ilya Sutskever, who was one of the board members who had forced Sam out last year, he announces that he is leaving the company and doesn't really say much about why he's leaving. But within a month, it's revealed that he's working on his own AI company called Safe Super Intelligence and raises a billion dollars just to get it off the ground.
In May, Ilya Sutskever, who was one of the board members who had forced Sam out last year, he announces that he is leaving the company and doesn't really say much about why he's leaving. But within a month, it's revealed that he's working on his own AI company called Safe Super Intelligence and raises a billion dollars just to get it off the ground.
Yeah. He had a guy on his research team named Jan Leike. So this was somebody else who was trying to make sure that AI is built safely. He leaves to go to Anthropic to work on that problem there. Gretchen Kruger, who's another policy researcher, leaves in May.
Yeah. He had a guy on his research team named Jan Leike. So this was somebody else who was trying to make sure that AI is built safely. He leaves to go to Anthropic to work on that problem there. Gretchen Kruger, who's another policy researcher, leaves in May.
Yeah. He had a guy on his research team named Jan Leike. So this was somebody else who was trying to make sure that AI is built safely. He leaves to go to Anthropic to work on that problem there. Gretchen Kruger, who's another policy researcher, leaves in May.
Then in August, John Schulman, who was one of the members of the founding team, he announced that he was going to Anthropic, and he had previously helped to build ChatGPT. Then Greg Brockman, who is the president of OpenAI and one of its main public facing spokespeople, he announces that he is taking an extended leave of absence.
Then in August, John Schulman, who was one of the members of the founding team, he announced that he was going to Anthropic, and he had previously helped to build ChatGPT. Then Greg Brockman, who is the president of OpenAI and one of its main public facing spokespeople, he announces that he is taking an extended leave of absence.
Then in August, John Schulman, who was one of the members of the founding team, he announced that he was going to Anthropic, and he had previously helped to build ChatGPT. Then Greg Brockman, who is the president of OpenAI and one of its main public facing spokespeople, he announces that he is taking an extended leave of absence.
Basically just says he really needs a break, not entirely sure what happened there. Then finally, Meera Moradi announces that she is leaving in September. She had also been part of this board drama last year. And at the same day that she left, it was revealed that the company's chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and another research VP, Barrett Zoff, were also leaving the company.
Basically just says he really needs a break, not entirely sure what happened there. Then finally, Meera Moradi announces that she is leaving in September. She had also been part of this board drama last year. And at the same day that she left, it was revealed that the company's chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and another research VP, Barrett Zoff, were also leaving the company.
Basically just says he really needs a break, not entirely sure what happened there. Then finally, Meera Moradi announces that she is leaving in September. She had also been part of this board drama last year. And at the same day that she left, it was revealed that the company's chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and another research VP, Barrett Zoff, were also leaving the company.
That's just a lot of talent walking out the door, PJ. And I can say, if you look at the other major AI companies, so like a Google, a Meta, an Anthropic, there has been nothing comparable this year in terms of that level of turnover.
That's just a lot of talent walking out the door, PJ. And I can say, if you look at the other major AI companies, so like a Google, a Meta, an Anthropic, there has been nothing comparable this year in terms of that level of turnover.