Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
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“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
Playback speed × Share post Share post at current time Share from 0:00 0:00 / Generate transcript A transcript unlocks clips, previews, and editing. 391 41 54 Ilya Sutskever — We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research “These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.” Dwarkesh Patel Nov 25, 2025 391 41 54 Share Transcript Ilya & I discuss SSI’s strategy, the problems with pre-training, how to improve the generalization of AI models, and how to ensure AGI goes well. Watch on YouTube ; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Spon
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