Reading up on Ilya Sutskever

A curated list of 30 of 30 foundational AI and deep learning papers, presented with plain-language explanations to aid readers for newcomers and experienced researchers alike.

Technological progress has stagnated as society lost its ability to imagine novel frontiers and founders now chase institutionalized narratives rather than deep personal conviction in technology.

A New Yorker investigation reveals that OpenAI board members secretly documented a pattern of lying by Sam Altman, leading to his brief ouster in 2023 due to concerns he could not be trusted with superintelligent AI.

Leading AI researchers argue that current LLM scaling will hit a ceiling, requiring new insights before AGI emerges, pushing timelines back 5-20 years.

Gemini 3's improvements come from enhancing pre-training and post-training, countering the belief that scaling is no longer effective.