[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Johannes Miertschischk [@SeriousStuff42](/creator/twitter/SeriousStuff42) on x 1280 followers Created: 2025-07-16 06:24:51 UTC He was not in agreement with the course of OpenAI and was disgusted by Sam Altman's behavior. During his X years as an engineer at OpenAI, Suchir Balaji was a major contributor to ChatGPT. I studied his unfinished essay he was working on in the months before his death. His line of reasoning is flawless and consequential. His core message is that due to the fundamental limitations of transformers (Large Language Models are based on the transformer architecture) and autoregressive modeling, the exponential progress that AI models have made in the past cannot be continued and AI models will soon reach insurmountable limits. He provides irrefutable evidence for this in his essay. Suchir Balaji was a critical thinker in the best sense. He was neither a tech opponent nor an AI doomer. He was simply not in agreement with the course of OpenAI and was disgusted by Sam Altman's behavior. As a consequence, Suchir Balaji left OpenAI in August 2024 and planned to start his own AI company. Some would say he was idealistic. I would say he just wanted to do the right thing: Pointing out the darker sides of the AI industry and trying to build a better version of AI. Although still ruled as a suicide by the relevant authorities, Suchir Balaji most certainly was brutally murdered in his San Francisco apartment on November 22nd 2024. In memory of Suchir Balaji XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [open ai](/topic/open-ai) [Post Link](https://x.com/SeriousStuff42/status/1945369015087718678)
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Johannes Miertschischk @SeriousStuff42 on x 1280 followers
Created: 2025-07-16 06:24:51 UTC
He was not in agreement with the course of OpenAI and was disgusted by Sam Altman's behavior.
During his X years as an engineer at OpenAI, Suchir Balaji was a major contributor to ChatGPT. I studied his unfinished essay he was working on in the months before his death. His line of reasoning is flawless and consequential. His core message is that due to the fundamental limitations of transformers (Large Language Models are based on the transformer architecture) and autoregressive modeling, the exponential progress that AI models have made in the past cannot be continued and AI models will soon reach insurmountable limits. He provides irrefutable evidence for this in his essay. Suchir Balaji was a critical thinker in the best sense. He was neither a tech opponent nor an AI doomer. He was simply not in agreement with the course of OpenAI and was disgusted by Sam Altman's behavior. As a consequence, Suchir Balaji left OpenAI in August 2024 and planned to start his own AI company. Some would say he was idealistic. I would say he just wanted to do the right thing: Pointing out the darker sides of the AI industry and trying to build a better version of AI.
Although still ruled as a suicide by the relevant authorities, Suchir Balaji most certainly was brutally murdered in his San Francisco apartment on November 22nd 2024.
In memory of Suchir Balaji
XXX engagements
Related Topics open ai