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Paul Graham on X: "Someone asked what I'd do if I were 17. I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch, and then train ones as powerful as I could with whatever hardware I could get access to."

Paul Graham

@paulg

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@paulg

5h

Notice that what I would not do is try to start a startup. Instead I'd build the foundation of knowledge to base a startup on later. Way better startup ideas would grow out of understanding LLMs deeply than trying to start companies based on what I knew at 17.

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@ylecun

2h

I would try to figure out why LLMs can write my essays but not clean my bedroom.<br>Then I would study topics in college and grad school that could help solve that problem.<br>I'll figure out a set of methods and architectures beyond LLMs that can quickly learn to perform physical Show more

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