After winning Nobel for foundational AI work, Geoffrey Hinton says he’s proud Ilya Sutskever ‘fired Sam Altman’
Geoffrey Hinton accepted a Nobel Prize this week, recognizing the foundational work on artificial neural networks that earned him the nickname "godfather
New Nobel Prize winner, AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, says he’s proud his student fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman
Hinton was referring to Ilya Sutskever. The former chief scientist at OpenAI joined Helen Toner and two others on the controlling nonprofit board to sack their CEO in a spectacular coup last November. Sutskever quickly regretted his role in plunging OpenAI into crisis, and Altman was returned to his post in a matter of days.
The Nobel Prize-winning 'godfather of AI' says he's glad one of his students had a hand in ousting Sam Altman from OpenAI
"I'm particularly proud of the fact that one of my students fired Sam Altman," Hinton said on Tuesday.
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