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Ilya Sutskever

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Ilya Sutskever · Technology & Engineering

What

Co-created foundational deep-learning and GPT models.

When

1986, Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky), Soviet Union (now Russia)

Where

Russia · Israel · Canada · United States

Biography

Ilya Sutskever is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Co-created foundational deep-learning and GPT models.

How & why

Sutskever is a computer scientist, born in the Soviet Union and raised in Jerusalem, who co-authored the landmark AlexNet deep-learning system and co-founded OpenAI, where as chief scientist he guided the development of the GPT models. He is one of the most influential figures in modern artificial intelligence. He is Jewish and grew up in Israel.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science

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Co-created foundational deep-learning and GPT models.

1986

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science