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Why Does OpenAI Need a 'Stargate' Supercomputer? Ft. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas

I will give you the 4 reasons OpenAI are asking Microsoft to build a $100 billion Stargate supercomputer, likely in a US desert. From matching Google, to artificial intelligences taking time to think, you'll get a glimpse of what's next over the coming years. Plus, I put it all to Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, and a former OpenAI researcher. AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained StarGate exclusive: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-plot-100-billion-stargate-ai-supercomputer?utm_source=ti_app&rc=sy0ihq 9x Energy Efficiency, TSMC: https://spectrum.ieee.org/trillion-transistor-gpu Google Domination: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-gemini-eats-the-world-gemini Above and Below Them: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24452289-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit Kyle Corbitt: https://twitter.com/corbtt/status/1772392525174620355 Łukasz Kaiser: https://www.wired.com/story/eight-google-employees-invented-modern-ai-transformers-paper/ Karpathy Sequoia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3b-JASoPi0&t=1421s Voice Engine: https://openai.com/blog/navigating-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-synthetic-voices Noam Brown: https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1773799870890918358 https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1771300779783299565 https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1676971506969219072 The Bitter Lesson: http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html Handwriting: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-15/after-voice-clones-and-deepfake-videos-ai-can-now-mimic-handwriting Sora Update: https://openai.com/blog/sora-first-impressions Air Head, shy kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wJ4WeJrz4 AI booed: https://www.businessinsider.com/sxsw-crowd-boos-ai-video-2024-3 AI Taking Over Drug Development: https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/artificial-intelligence-is-taking-over-drug-development Stargate Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeA9yeqG91A AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Non-Hype, Free Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I will give you the 4 reasons OpenAI are asking Microsoft to build a $100 billion Stargate supercomputer, likely in a US desert. From matching Google, to artificial intelligences taking time to think, you'll get a glimpse of what's next over the coming years. Plus, I put it all to Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, and a former OpenAI researcher.

AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained

StarGate exclusive: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-plot-100-billion-stargate-ai-supercomputer?utm_source=ti_app&rc=sy0ihq
9x Energy Efficiency, TSMC: https://spectrum.ieee.org/trillion-transistor-gpu
Google Domination: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-gemini-eats-the-world-gemini
Above and Below Them: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24452289-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit
Kyle Corbitt: https://twitter.com/corbtt/status/1772392525174620355
Łukasz Kaiser: https://www.wired.com/story/eight-google-employees-invented-modern-ai-transformers-paper/
Karpathy Sequoia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3b-JASoPi0&t=1421s
Voice Engine: https://openai.com/blog/navigating-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-synthetic-voices
Noam Brown: https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1773799870890918358
https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1771300779783299565
https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1676971506969219072
The Bitter Lesson: http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
Handwriting: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-15/after-voice-clones-and-deepfake-videos-ai-can-now-mimic-handwriting
Sora Update: https://openai.com/blog/sora-first-impressions
Air Head, shy kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wJ4WeJrz4
AI booed: https://www.businessinsider.com/sxsw-crowd-boos-ai-video-2024-3
AI Taking Over Drug Development: https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/artificial-intelligence-is-taking-over-drug-development
Stargate Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeA9yeqG91A

AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained

Non-Hype, Free Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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