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Why Now?
Why Now? by Sequoia Capital - A powerful new class of large language models is making it possible for machines to write, code, draw and create with credible and sometimes superhuman results.
The man behind the key decisions at OPenAI:Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman has played a critical role in the early days of OpenAI and at key moments in its history. Hoffman, known for founding LinkedIn and being a major Silicon Valley investor, had a strong relationship with OpenAI from its inception. He was instrumental in OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft, acting as a mediator and advisor.
In 2015, when Sam Altman and Elon Musk were forming OpenAI as a nonprofit to balance the dominance of for-profit AI developers like Google, Hoffman committed up to $10 million from his family's Aphorism Foundation to support the initiative. This commitment was part of the early financial backbone for OpenAI.
Hoffman's role became even more crucial when Elon Musk left OpenAI's board in 2018. At this time, OpenAI faced significant financial challenges due to rising computing costs for training large language models. Hoffman stepped in to offer support, which eventually led to the creation of a unique structure for OpenAI: a for-profit entity overseen by a nonprofit. This structure was designed to maintain a focus on safe AI development while also facilitating funding. Hoffman, through his family foundation, was the anchor investor for this new model, setting the price and terms for the initial fundraising round.
In 2019, when Microsoft considered investing in OpenAI, Hoffman played a key role in negotiations. He helped Microsoft's leaders understand OpenAI's unusual structure and assisted OpenAI's founders in overcoming any reservations about partnering with a large tech company. His involvement was pivotal in Microsoft's decision to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, a partnership that became a cornerstone of Microsoft's AI strategy.
Hoffman's influence extended beyond financial support. He was a trusted advisor and liaison between OpenAI and Microsoft, facilitating critical decisions and helping shape OpenAI's strategic direction. However, Hoffman's involvement with OpenAI became more complicated due to his roles in other AI ventures and on Microsoft's board, leading to potential conflicts of interest. This complexity was highlighted when he stepped down from OpenAI's board in 2023 but continued to provide strategic advice.
Overall, Hoffman's contributions to OpenAI were significant, particularly in the early stages and during key moments of partnership with Microsoft. His experience, network, and financial support were invaluable in shaping OpenAI's development and its critical relationship with one of the world's largest technology companies.
Yann Le Cun : For those of you interested to hear a different opinion about LLM and to understand why, have a look at this presentation from: Yann Le Cun (Chief AI Scientist at Meta): he is bold and not popular in his affirmation: "Auto-Regressive LLMs are doomed. They cannot be made factual, non-toxic, etc. They are not controllable Probability e that any produced token takes us outside of the set of correct answers"... He backs it up with a scientific analysis of the models and proposes a Cognitive Architecture capable of reasoning & planning. Here is his public deck presented at NYU. Interesting and understandable demonstration.
lecun-20230324-nyuphil.pdf
