Back
IS
Ilya Sutskever
Co-founder, SSI
Co-founder of OpenAI, now leading Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI). The researcher most associated with the scaling hypothesis. Left OpenAI after the board drama to focus exclusively on safe superintelligence.
Key Beliefs
Scaling laws will continue to hold for the foreseeable future
Superintelligence alignment is an existential priority
The current trajectory leads to superintelligence within years
Safety and capability are not in tension — they're complementary
The world needs a company focused purely on safe superintelligence