“It is less and less necessary to have a doctorate at AI”

OpenAI, the company Behind Chatgptit is one of the pioneers in the development of AI. That could lead us to think that their ranks are (or they foundrather) the biggest Eminences in Ia of the planet.

As revealed by the company’s highest, soft skills such as attitude, Curiosity and initiative weigh more than a doctorate when selecting New talents to work in OpenAI.

In a recent episode of ‘Chatgpt Inside ‘, Official OpenAI PóstCcast, Nick Turleyhead of chatgpt, and Mark ChenChief of Research, have shared what are the skills and attitudes that really value in candidates. Your statements make it clear that Openai Prioritize the ability to learn above university titles.

Curiosity as a main engine

Nick Turley has been blunt to explain what he is looking for in future OpenAi employees: “The most important quality I am looking for is not technical skill, but curiosity.” According to the manager, this feature is essential to develop in an environment in whichEverything is about to do And where “there are so many things we don’t know.”

Turley advises students to focus on developing their curiosity to adapt to a constant change. The head of Chatgpt coincides in that sense with his boss, Sam Altman, who also bet on talent he knew make the right questions.

“I think that curiosity has been the main thing I have searched, and in fact it is my advice to students when they ask me: what do I do in this world where everything is changing? There is much we do not know (about AI), so you have to have some humility when developing this technology, because you don’t know what is valuable,” said the manager, “the true bottleneck is to ask the right questions, not necessarily get the answer,”

Adapt and continue learning

Mark Chen, Head of Investigation of Openai, added that, in his opinion, academic training It is not everything. “I arrived at the company as a fellow without much training in AI.” Even in research, which is those who dedicate ourselves, I think it is less and less necessary to have a doctorate in AI. I think this is a field that people can dominate quite quickly. “

For Chen, the essential thing is that candidates Have initiativethat is, the natural ability to identify and solve problems independently. “It’s really about being motivated to investigate: ‘Hey, here is a problem. No one else is solving it. I’m going to immerse myself and solve it,” explained Openai’s head of research. “This proactive and resolutive attitude is what differentiates employees who succeed in OpenAi.”

Such and As I remembered Business Insider, Peter Dengformer vice president of OpenAi consumption products, I already explained that approach in an interview in the Lenny Rachitsky Podcast. “If in six months I continue telling you to do it, I have hired the wrong person,” since in Openai they expect them to be the researchers who advance for themselves in their own experiments and discoveries, not that they limit themselves to follow the instructions of a superior.

As Openai responsible recognized, those skills and self -responsibility They do not give it the university titles or the awards in artificial intelligence competitions. The company is looking for people who are capable of Learn quicklyadapt to changes and provide new ideas that, perhaps, ends up becoming the next Chatgpt novelty.

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