The Journey to Perplexity

The creator's journey into the world of AI began with a profound interest in deep learning, stemming from his time as a PhD student at Berkeley. An internship at OpenAI significantly shaped his perspective when he was told that traditional research approaches were less important than focusing on unsupervised learning and reinforcement learning. This revelation led him to transition his studies toward generative models and unsupervised learning. Ultimately, he aimed to create a product that would integrate advanced AI with practical applications, particularly in search engines.