Ilia Sutskever

Extracted Attributes

• Field

  Computer Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

• Honors

  Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), Doctor of Science, honoris causa from University of Toronto

• Education

  Open University of Israel, University of Toronto (BSc, MSc, PhD)

• Known For

  Co-inventing AlexNet, Central role in Large Language Model (LLM) development, Conceptualizing LLMs as Lossy Compression, Early advocate of AI scaling hypothesis

• Citizenship

  Israel, Canada

• Date of Birth

  1986-12-08

• Place of Birth

  Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

• Safe Superintelligence (SSI) Funding

  $1 billion

• Safe Superintelligence (SSI) Employees

  10

• Safe Superintelligence (SSI) Headquarters

  Palo Alto, California, USA; Tel Aviv, Israel

Timeline

• Born in Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. (Source: web_search_results)

  1986-12-08

• Made aliyah with his family to Jerusalem, Israel. (Source: web_search_results)

  1991

• Attended the Open University of Israel. (Source: web_search_results)

  2000-2002

• Moved to Canada with his family. (Source: web_search_results)

  2002

• Co-founded OpenAI, serving as its research director and later chief scientist. (Source: web_search_results)

  2015

• Announced his decision to leave OpenAI. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-05-14

• Co-founded Safe Superintelligence (SSI) with Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-06

Ilya

Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia (Russian: Илья́, romanized: Il'ja [ɪlʲˈja], or Russian: Илия́, romanized: Ilija [ɪlʲɪˈja]; Ukrainian: Ілля́, romanized: Illia [iˈlʲːɑ]; Belarusian: Ілья́, romanized: Iĺja [ilʲˈja]) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας, Ilías). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is "Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna".

Web Search Results

• Ilya Sutskever - Wikipedia

  Ilya Sutskever FRS (Hebrew: איליה סוצקבר; born 8 December 1986) is an Israeli-Canadian computer scientist who specializes in machine learning. He has made several major contributions to the field of deep learning. With Alex Krizhevsky and Geoffrey Hinton, he co-invented AlexNet, a convolutional neural network. [...] | Ilya Sutskever FRS | | | --- | --- | | איליה סוצקבר‎ | | | Sutskever at Tel Aviv University in 2023 | | | Born | Ilya Efimovich Sutskever (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986 (age 38) Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | | Citizenship | - Israel - Canada | | Education | Open University of Israel University of Toronto (BSc, MSc, PhD) | | Known for | AlexNet Co-founding OpenAI Founding SSI Inc. | | Scientific career | | | Fields | Computer science | [...] Sutskever was born into a Jewish family in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (then Gorky, Soviet Union). At the age of 5, he made aliyah with his family and lived in Jerusalem, until he was 16, when his family moved to Canada. Sutskever attended the Open University of Israel from 2000 to 2002. After moving to Canada, he attended the University of Toronto in Ontario.

• Founder Story: Ilya Sutskever of OpenAI - Frederick AI

  Founder Story: Ilya Sutskever of OpenAI Early Life and Influences Ilya Sutskever was born on December 8, 1986, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. At the age of 5, his family made aliyah to Israel, where he spent his formative years in Jerusalem. This multicultural upbringing would later contribute to his global perspective on technology and its impact. [...] Ilya Sutskever's journey from a curious child in Jerusalem to a leading figure in AI research is a testament to the power of vision, dedication, and scientific brilliance. His contributions have not only advanced the field of AI but have also forced us to grapple with profound questions about the future of intelligence and consciousness. [...] During his time at Google, Sutskever co-authored several influential research papers, contributing to the development of algorithms that have become standard in the AI community. His work during this period laid the foundation for many of the AI advancements we see today.

• Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development ...

  In 2015, Sutskever co-founded OpenAI, serving as its research director and later as chief scientist. Under his leadership, OpenAI introduced the large language models that power ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot now used by millions around the world for everything from drafting emails and sourcing recipes to writing computer code.And he played a central role in the creation of large reasoning models, which perform complex reasoning tasks. [...] visionary, and for his outstanding service as an advocate of safe and responsible AI, Sutskever will receive a Doctor of Science,_honoris causa_, from U of T. Born in Russia and raised in Israel, Sutskever became fascinated with computing at age five, when he first laid eyes on a computer – “I was utterly enchanted,” he told U of T Magazine in 2022– and his interest continued into his teen years, when he emigrated to Canada with his family. [...] Sutskever left the organization last year and co-founded Safe SuperIntelligence, a company that is developing safe AI systems with superhuman capabilities. “We plan to advance capabilities as fast as possible while making sure our safety always remains ahead,” Sutskever and co-founderssaid in a statement announcing the venture.

• OpenAI co-founder Sutskever's new safety-focused AI startup SSI ...

  , newly co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to help develop safe artificial intelligence systems that far surpass human capabilities, company executives told Reuters. SSI, which currently has 10 employees, plans to use the funds to acquire computing power and hire top talent. It will focus on building a small highly trusted team of researchers and engineers split between Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. [...] A California bill seeking to impose safety regulations on companies has split the industry. It is opposed by companies like OpenAI and Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, and supported by Anthropic and Elon Musk's xAI. Sutskever, 37, is one of the most influential technologists in AI. He co-founded SSI in June with Gross, who previously led AI initiatives at Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab, and Daniel Levy, a former OpenAI researcher. [...] Sutskever was an early advocate of scaling, a hypothesis that AI models would improve in performance given vast amounts of computing power. The idea and its execution kicked off a wave of AI investment in chips, data centers and energy, laying the groundwork for generative AI advances like ChatGPT. Sutskever said he will approach scaling in a different way than his former employer, without sharing details.

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