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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by machomaster on Sunday November 19, 2023 @08:04PM (#38340736)
Yes, you are only one data point. Check the views on Ilya's interviews on youtube. E.g. his interview on Lex (which he did years before Sam Altman) has 400k views, which demonstrated that he is a very well known entity in tech/AI space.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by thepasswordis on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:11PM (#38341307)
Lex has over 3M subs and most of his videos get way over 400k views. I think this makes the opposite point you’re trying to use it for.

Sama also went on Lex and got over 5M views. The title was: OpenAi ceo on, ChatGPT, GPT4, and the future of AI.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by machomaster on Sunday November 19, 2023 @10:00PM (#38341721)
Ilya's podcast was over 3 years ago and Lex's average IT podcasts had 50-100k views. Ilya got 400k. For reference, the absolute legend Jim Keller got 600k at the same time.

So yeah, Ilya is a very known entity. No, ordinary folks don't need to know him, but if you are in IT and especially if you have anything to do with AI, then not knowing about Ilya tells more about your informational bubble than about Ilya's alleged lack of recognition.

It is akin to claiming to be into crypto on development side and not knowing the name of Vitalik Buterin.

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