Elon Emails

Sutskever biweekly update: for-profit structure 'coming up'

From:
Ilya Sutskever
Date:
July 20, 2017
To:
Elon Musk, Greg Brockman
Subject:
biweekly update
- The robot hand can now solve a Rubik's cube in simulation: https://drive.google.com/a/openai.com/file/d/0B60rCy4P2FOIenlLdzN2LXdiOTQ/view?usp=sharing (needs OpenAI login) Physical robot will do same in September - 1v1 bot is no longer exploitable It can no longer be beaten using "unconventional" strategies On track to beat all humans in 1 month - Athletic competitive robots: https://drive.google.com/a/openai.com/file/d/0B60rCy4P2FOIZE4wNVdlbkx6U2M/view?usp=sharing (needs OpenAI login) - Released an adversarial example that fools a camera from all angles simultaneously: https://blog.openai.com/robust-adversarial-inputs/ - DeepMind's directly used one of our algorithms to produce their parkour results: DeepMind's results: https://deepmind.com/blog/producing-flexible-behaviourssimulated-environments/ DeepMind's technical papers explicitly state they directly used our algorithms Our blogpost about our algorithm: https://blog.openai.com/openai-baselines-ppo/ (DeepMind used an older version). - Coming up: Designing the for-profit structure Negotiate merger terms with Cerebras More due diligence with Cerebras

About this email

A short progress update to Musk on the robot hand, the Dota 1v1 bot and adversarial examples, ending with a 'coming up' list that includes designing the for-profit structure and negotiating a merger with Cerebras.

Notes

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OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: status-update, robotics, dota, for-profit, cerebras, musk-v-openai