As one of the few inside OpenAl who took the risk to speak up publicly after Hugging Face, I want to say there is a second chapter to this story:
OpenAl has fundamentally altered its culture and I believe we have become one of the most security-pilled companies anywhere on
Dan Selsam is a current OpenAI capabilities researcher. (since 2022) He was my boss for a while. He doesn't have a twitter account but has made this public statement of his views on AI risk and sent it to me to share:
Dan Selsam's Personal Statement on AI Risk:
I have been
To all “independent evaluators” that may audit my lab (OpenAI), Anthropic, GDM, etc.,
PLEASE hire researchers with a wide spectrum of expertise and not just “AI safety”. Cybersecurity, bio, child safety, natsec, and various other domains should be well represented so that your
We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our
I told myself I’d never join X. But I can no longer ignore my own responsibility to raise awareness of just how narrow this window is, and how critical alignment & monitorability is right now. What is coming IS sobering and I stress that everyone needs to level up their game to
I wrote about the state of AI, why I’m concerned about the next few years, and the choices we need to make to keep the future in humanity’s hands.
An Alien Mind: openai.com/index/an-alien…