Episode
Gwern — Anonymous writer who predicted AI trajectory on $12K/year salary
Dwarkesh Podcast · Nov 13, 2024 · 1 h 37 min
Gwern is a pseudonymous researcher and writer. He was one of the first people to see LLM scaling coming. If you've read his blog , you know he's one of the most interesting polymathic thinkers alive. In order to protect Gwern's anonymity, I proposed interviewing him in person, and having my friend Chris Painter voice over his words after. This amused him enough that he agreed. After the episode…