I noted that John Schulman left OpenAI after spending 9 long years.
I sometimes wonder what has changed which made John Schulman leave OpenAI. I’m surprised because he was so proud of what was achieved and OpenAI needs folks like him since other important folks have departed. The company is poised to achieve AGI and is highly in need of super alignment capabilities, and I’m heartened to see the alignment team coming together on promising projects. I question whether the role he is looking for might be at Anthropic.
I recorded that Geoff Hinton, the GodFather of AI and Nobel laureate, expressed personal pride in a student who reportedly fired Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
I’m particularly proud of the fact that one of my students fired Sam Altman, CEO of the OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT