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Andrej Karpathy , a wide respected research scientist , announce today that he has left OpenAI . This is the 2d meter Karpathy has allow the top AI house and his divergence is not because of any event , issue or drama , he enounce .
Karpathy , a founding member of OpenAI , initially leftthe company to link Tesla in 2017 . He left Tesla , where he lead the autopilot squad , in 2022and rejoined OpenAI almosta year ago . Karpathy has also built an immense following on social media and YouTube , stake thought - chevy writings on the nascent place andvideosthat explain the internal working of AI .
“ Hi everyone yes , I left OpenAI yesterday . First of all nothing ‘ happened ’ and it ’s not a result of any particular event , way out or drama ( but please keep the conspiracy theory add up as they are extremely entertaining :)) , ” Karpathy say .
“ Actually , being at OpenAI over the last ~year has been really great — the squad is really strong , the masses are wonderful , and the roadmap is very exciting , and I think we all have a lot to look forward to . My immediate plan is to work on my personal projects and see what happens . Those of you who ’ve followed me for a while may have a sense of what that might face like . ”
Hi everyone yes , I left OpenAI yesterday . First of all nothing " fall out " and it ’s not a upshot of any particular event , offspring or dramatic play ( but please keep the conspiracy theories coming as they are extremely entertaining :)) . in reality , being at OpenAI over the last ~year has been …
— Andrej Karpathy ( @karpathy)February 14 , 2024
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Karpathy ’s difference , first reported byThe Information , follow a tumultuous year at OpenAI where Sam Altman wasbriefly ousted as the CEObefore beingreinstated in a mellow - play calendar week . The company tell TechCrunch that Karpathy ’s responsibilities were transfer to another researcher , who it did n’t name .
“ Andrej is departing to pursue personal project . We are deeply grateful for his contribution and care him the best . His responsibilities have transitioned to a senior research worker who crop closely alongside Andrej , ” a voice say in a statement .
Karpathy ’s X bio , which has now been changed , read “ building kind of a J.A.R.V.I.S at @OpenAI , ” designate that he was crop on a labor related to AI helper at the company .
Earlier this yr , heexplainedthe principle behind write this . He said that he wanted to write a term to capture a helpful and conversational AI .
“ I name JARVIS in general terms only , as one of my best-loved popular portrayal of an AI — a helpful , conversational , empower e / ia automation . An aid against evil and entropy , ” he say .
