"This is my 'fourth degree' obtained from my alma mater."

整理：量子位

After more than a year of silence, the missing Ilya Sutskever has finally appeared!

He returned to the podium where he graduated from university 20 years ago—delivering a speech as an honorary doctorate recipient. He stated that this is his "fourth degree" obtained from his alma mater, the University of Toronto.

He did not mention the progress of his startup, nor did he discuss the AGI timeline; instead, he focused on telling everyone how to better survive and thrive in the AI world.

One day, AI will be able to do everything we can do now.

His mindset is to accept reality itself, not to dwell on past regrets, and to focus on improving the present.

It is worth mentioning that this is actually his first public appearance since leaving OpenAI. His latest tweet is still a congratulatory message for last year's Nobel Prize, and before that, it was his startup announcement.

The University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree to recognize his foundational work and global influence as a computer scientist and AI pioneer, as well as his outstanding contributions as an advocate for safe and responsible AI.

Although the graduation speech lasted only 10 minutes, it still inspired many online.

He finally appeared; he has emerged from the cave of SSI!! He is still alive!

On the basis of not changing the original meaning and conforming to the Chinese context, DeepSeek has organized the following.

Full Text of Ilya's Graduation Speech

Hello everyone, I am very happy to be here. Thank you all for organizing this event, arranging the ceremony, and awarding me this honorary degree. This honor is truly significant.

Twenty years ago today, I received my bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in this very hall. And at this moment, this is my fourth degree obtained from my alma mater.

The ten years I spent here were incredibly wonderful. I completed my undergraduate studies and gained a lot; then I pursued graduate studies, which were equally exciting. I was able to delve deeply into my interests and ultimately became a researcher. It was a great fortune to learn under Professor Hinton, who taught at this university; it was a major opportunity in my life. I am deeply grateful for that.

I firmly believe that there is no better path to education than this; it has allowed me to grow, mature, and ultimately become a scientist.

Moreover, when I was a student at the University of Toronto, the AI research we conducted here was among the best in the world, with the most revolutionary ideas and the most exciting work. I feel very fortunate to have been able to participate and contribute during my graduate studies. However, that was a long time ago.

I understand that in graduation speeches, people are expected to provide some wise advice. I will share a little, but just a little, because this speech will be a bit different.

I want to share a useful mindset: accept reality itself, do not dwell on past regrets, and focus on improving the present.

With this mindset, everything becomes much easier. I mention it because it is so difficult to achieve. People often get caught up in past wrong decisions, unfortunate experiences, or so-called injustices, and waste too much energy on them. However, a more effective approach is to recognize the current situation and think, "What is the next optimal action?" I find that whenever I do this, everything goes much more smoothly.

But it is hard, really hard. It is an endless struggle with one's own emotions. That is why I bring it up to you. Perhaps some of you will adopt it for yourselves. It is a reminder to everyone to strive to maintain this mindset. It is also a reminder to myself. It is a continuous struggle.

However, aside from that, the reason this speech will not be the most traditional graduation speech is that some unusual things are happening right now. All of you are about to leave, and we are all in an unprecedented extraordinary time.

People may often say this, but I believe this time it is true.

The reason it is true is because of AI, right? Clearly, I mean, as far as I know, today's AI has significantly changed the meaning of being a student. Of course, the impact of AI goes far beyond that. What will happen to the work we do? It has already begun to change in some unknown and unpredictable ways. Some jobs may feel the impact soon, while others may feel it a bit later.

Take today's AI as an example; you can look on Twitter to see what AI can do and what people are saying, and you might feel a little bit of it. You might think, hey, which skills are still useful? Which skills will become less useful? So, you will have these questions in your mind.

Therefore, it can be said that the current challenge is: How will it affect work and our careers?

But the real challenge brought by AI is that it is truly unprecedented and extremely severe. The future will be very different from today. We have all seen AI; we have all talked to computers, and the computers have responded to us, which is a novelty. Computers in the past did not do this, but now they do. You talk to a computer, it can understand you and respond to you, it can even communicate verbally and write some code. This is quite crazy, but there are still many things it cannot do and is very lacking.

So, it can be said that it still needs to catch up in many areas. But it is already thought-provoking enough. It is good enough that you can imagine: well, in a few years—some say three years, some say five years, ten years, there are many predictions (predicting the future is a bit difficult)—but regardless of how fast or slow, AI will definitely continue to improve.

One day, AI will be able to do everything we can do now. Not just some things, but everything. Anything I can learn, anything any one of you can learn, AI can do.

By the way, how do we know this? How can I be so sure? The reason is that we all have a brain, and the brain is a biological computer. So, why can't a digital computer, a digital brain, do the same things? This is the core logic of why AI will eventually be all-powerful: human intelligence is rooted in biological computers (the brain), and digital computers have the potential to achieve the same functions.

So you can start to ask yourselves: What will happen when computers can perform all our jobs? This is a very big and dramatic question. Now, think about it for a moment, you might feel: wow, this is a bit tense. But this is actually just part of the tension, because what else will happen? What will we humans collectively want to do with these AIs? Do more work? Develop the economy? Conduct research and development? Do AI research? Then, the pace of progress will become extremely fast for a while.

These are all such extreme and unimaginable things. So now, I am trying to bring you a little into that mindset—the extreme and radical future created by AI. But it is indeed very difficult to truly understand and believe on an emotional level. Even I am struggling to understand. However, logic seems to suggest that this is very likely to happen.

So, in such a world, what should people do? There is a famous saying: "You may not take interest in politics, but politics will take interest in you." This applies equally to AI, perhaps even more so.

I believe that just by using AI and seeing what today's most advanced AI can do, you can gain an intuition. As AI continues to improve over the next year, two years, three years, this intuition will become stronger. Many of the things we are discussing now will become much more real, no longer so illusory. Ultimately, no paper or explanation can compare to what we see and hear with our own eyes and ears.

Especially for AI, how to ensure that extremely intelligent, super-intelligent AI behaves consistently and is aligned with its intentions? This will be an extremely profound question. I have condensed a lot of information into a very short time here.

But overall, by focusing on the capabilities of AI and not ignoring it when the critical moment arrives, this will generate the necessary energy to overcome the enormous challenges that AI will bring. In a sense, the challenges posed by AI are the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. Overcoming them will also bring the greatest rewards.

Whether you like it or not, your life will be significantly influenced by AI. So, pay attention to it, keep an eye on it, and then generate the energy to solve the problems that come with it; this will be the main task.

That's all I have to say. Thank you very much, everyone.

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