
EP42: What Did Sam Altman Do? Q* & AGI? LLM OS, Claude 2.1, Stable Video Diffusion and Suno Fun!
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This week we reluctantly cover all the OpenAI drama and ask What Did Sam Altman Actually Do? Is Q* a path to AGI or just one big "look over here" distraction so we stop asking all these questions... We also cover Andrej Karpathy's LLM OS vision, discuss Claude 2.1 and how bad it's become thanks to "safety" and discuss our initial impressions of Stable Video Diffusion. Finally, we have some fun with Suno!
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CHAPTERS:
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00:00 - A Full Recap of What Happened with Sam Altman & OpenAI
10:06 - What Did Sam Altman Actually Do?
28:03 - What Did Ilya Really Discover? Is Q* A Big Distraction? How Far Ahead if OpenAI?
40:47 - Will This Drama Help Progress Open Source AI?
51:11 - Is Andrej Karpathy's LLM OS Vision The Future?
1:00:25 - Inflection-2 LLM
1:02:35 - Stable Video Diffusion Initial Thoughts
1:06:40 - Claude 2.1 Announcement 200K Context
1:21:26 Fun with Suno AI: Make Music with a Prompt
SOURCES:
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https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openais-employee-share-sale-to-continue-after-altman-returns?rc=kvsmhw
https://twitter.com/openai/status/1727236805182026159?s=46
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition
https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1727727656118923296?s=46
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-dramas-first-season-ends-but-second-season-is-possible?rc=kvsmhw
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-made-an-ai-breakthrough-before-altman-firing-stoking-excitement-and-concern?rc=kvsmhw
https://inflection.ai/inflection-2
https://stability.ai/news/stable-video-diffusion-open-ai-video-model
https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2-1
https://app.suno.ai/
https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/
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