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The Scientist Who Left OpenAI and Started a $30 Billion Firm

2025/3/6
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Isabel Busquets: 我发现AI编码工具主要扮演辅助角色,帮助程序员大幅提升编码速度和效率,通常能提高10%到30%。这并非简单的取代程序员,而是让团队能完成更多工作。AI工具擅长处理标准化、重复性高的代码,通过自然语言提示就能自动生成代码,有点像代码自动补全。目前,大多数大公司都在使用或探索这类工具。AI工具的应用也改变了公司对人才的需求,公司倾向于用更小的团队完成更多工作,程序员的工作重心将从编写代码转向如何更好地使用和提示AI工具。 然而,AI工具也存在局限性,例如在处理遗留代码的迁移和更新方面能力较弱。 Berber Jin: Ilya Sutskever离开OpenAI的原因是与Sam Altman在公司发展方向和资源分配上存在严重分歧。Sutskever更专注于安全超级智能的研究,而Altman则更注重商业化和产品发布。这种分歧导致了人际关系紧张,最终导致Sutskever离开并创立了Safe Superintelligence。Safe Superintelligence的目标是专注于创造超级人工智能,而非开发产品或追求商业利益。Sutskever认为现有的通过增加算力和数据来提升AI模型的方法是错误的,他已找到一种新的方法,但尚未公开。Safe Superintelligence的高估值主要基于投资者对Sutskever本人的信任,而非其公司具体的商业模式或产品。

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Ilya Sutskever, former chief scientist at OpenAI, founded a new startup called Safe Superintelligence) that’s already worth $30 billion. But what are investors backing beyond Sutskever’s reputation? WSJ reporter Berber Jin shares what we know so far about the secretive startup. Plus, AI coding tools) can automate large portions of code development. How could this affect human coders? Charlotte Gartenberg hosts.

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