Sam Altman這篇文章發(fā)布在2023年12月22號(hào),差不多是openai宮斗結(jié)束一個(gè)月之后,剛好看了好多點(diǎn)都覺(jué)得很有感觸,就翻譯了發(fā)出來(lái)。
為了避免我的翻譯誤導(dǎo)大家,我把原文也放在下面了。
enjoy~
原文標(biāo)題:What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
1.Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.
樂(lè)觀、癡迷、自信、初心和人際關(guān)系是一切偉大的開(kāi)始。
(批注:openai的創(chuàng)建就是開(kāi)始于一些志同道合的聚會(huì)~)
2.Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are how things get finished. Long-term orientation is in short supply; try not to worry about what people think in the short term, which will get easier over time.
有凝聚力的團(tuán)隊(duì)、平靜與緊迫的恰當(dāng)結(jié)合以及不合理的承諾,才能完成有挑戰(zhàn)的任務(wù)。長(zhǎng)期主義是稀缺的;盡量不要擔(dān)心人們?cè)诙唐趦?nèi)的想法,剛開(kāi)始可能不容易,但越往后會(huì)越容易。
(批注:不合理的承諾很重要,時(shí)間的不合理會(huì)讓人更高效,目標(biāo)的不合理會(huì)讓人更容易分出ROI)
3.It is easier for a team to do a hard thing that really matters than to do an easy thing that doesn’t really matter; audacious ideas motivate people.
對(duì)于團(tuán)隊(duì)來(lái)說(shuō),做一件真正重要的難事比做一件不重要的容易事更簡(jiǎn)單;大膽的想法能激勵(lì)團(tuán)隊(duì)成員。
(批注:重要的難事吸引優(yōu)秀的人才,優(yōu)秀的人才喜歡有挑戰(zhàn)的工作,開(kāi)始正循環(huán))
4.Incentives are superpowers; set them carefully.
激勵(lì)措施是大招;要小心設(shè)置激勵(lì)。
(批注:想想Sam為了讓openai的激勵(lì)生效去到處賣(mài)股權(quán),激勵(lì)是債務(wù))
5.Concentrate your resources on a small number of high-conviction bets; this is easy to say but evidently hard to do. You can delete more stuff than you think.
將資源集中在少數(shù)你堅(jiān)信的牌局上;這話說(shuō)起來(lái)容易但顯然做起來(lái)難。你可以拋棄的東西遠(yuǎn)比你想象的要多。
(批注:確實(shí)是說(shuō)起來(lái)容易做起來(lái)難,神槍手=天賦+浪費(fèi)子彈的數(shù)量,“決策準(zhǔn)度”和“打不中的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)太高“都會(huì)阻礙資源集中)
6.Communicate clearly and concisely.
清晰而簡(jiǎn)潔地溝通。
(批注:笑死,字節(jié)的“坦誠(chéng)清晰”)
7.Fight bullshit and bureaucracy every time you see it and get other people to fight it too. Do not let the org chart get in the way of people working productively together.
看到廢話和官僚主義就干它,并且讓其他人也一起干它。不要讓組織架構(gòu)妨礙人們有效地一起工作。
(批注:對(duì)組織來(lái)說(shuō)要警惕帕金森定律,預(yù)防大公司??;對(duì)個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)要面向自己工作,不要面向領(lǐng)導(dǎo)工作,面向自己工作是“如何做到世界頂尖水準(zhǔn)”,面向領(lǐng)導(dǎo)工作是“如何讓領(lǐng)導(dǎo)高興”。)
8.Outcomes are what count; don’t let good process excuse bad results.
結(jié)果是最重要的;不要讓好過(guò)程成為糟糕結(jié)果的借口。
(批注:商業(yè)和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)一樣都是成王敗寇,參考東打錦州的時(shí)候林彪說(shuō)的“我不要傷亡報(bào)告,我只要塔山”)
9.Spend more time recruiting. Take risks on high-potential people with a fast rate of improvement. Look for evidence of getting stuff done in addition to intelligence.
花更多時(shí)間招聘。對(duì)那些提升速度快的高潛力人才下注。除了看聰不聰明,還要看搞成過(guò)事的證據(jù)。
(批注:提升看人的準(zhǔn)度得修煉一輩子)
10.Superstars are even more valuable than they seem, but you have to evaluate people on their net impact on the performance of the organization.
明星員工比他們看起來(lái)更有價(jià)值,但你必須根據(jù)他們對(duì)組織績(jī)效的凈影響來(lái)評(píng)估員工。
(批注:凈影響=正影響-負(fù)影響,不要只看正影響)
11.Fast iteration can make up for a lot; it’s usually ok to be wrong if you iterate quickly. Plans should be measured in decades, execution should be measured in weeks.
快速迭代可以掩蓋很多問(wèn)題;如果你能快速迭代,通常犯錯(cuò)是可以接受的。偉大計(jì)劃應(yīng)該以十年為單位,具體執(zhí)行應(yīng)該以周為單位。
(批注:快!快!還TM是快!)
12.Don’t fight the business equivalent of the laws of physics.
不要與和物理定律一樣重要的商業(yè)定律作斗爭(zhēng)。
(批注:自然世界運(yùn)行的規(guī)律,人類(lèi)社會(huì)運(yùn)行的規(guī)律。只懂自然規(guī)律,不懂人的規(guī)律是單純;只懂人的規(guī)律,不懂自然規(guī)律是世故;都懂才是成熟)
13.Inspiration is perishable and life goes by fast. Inaction is a particularly insidious type of risk.
靈感易逝,生活飛快向前。不作為是一種特別隱蔽的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
(批注:人人都知道機(jī)會(huì)成本,不知道有啥機(jī)會(huì),就不會(huì)知道有啥成本)
14.Scale often has surprising emergent properties.
規(guī)模往往有出人意料的新特性。
(批注:Scale law在ai領(lǐng)域的大力出奇跡)
15.Compounding exponentials are magic. In particular, you really want to build a business that gets a compounding advantage with scale.
復(fù)利指數(shù)是魔法。特別是,如果你真的想建立一個(gè)隨規(guī)模獲得復(fù)利優(yōu)勢(shì)的企業(yè)的話。
(批注:規(guī)模效應(yīng)是商業(yè)世界的萬(wàn)有引力,王慧文說(shuō)的,不是我說(shuō)的)
16.Get back up and keep going.
站起來(lái),繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。
(批注:很難評(píng)哈哈哈哈)
17.Working with great people is one of the best parts of life.
與牛逼的人一起工作是生活中最美好的部分之一。
(批注:任何人都有機(jī)會(huì)和牛逼的人一起工作,你可以放棄的遠(yuǎn)比你想象的多,call back哈哈哈)