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A former OpenAI safety employee said he quit because the company's leaders were 'building the Titanic' and wanted 'newer, shinier' things to sell
"I really didn't want to end up working for the Titanic of AI, and so that's why I resigned," said Saunders, who was on OpenAI's superalignment team.
The software engineer's concerns stem largely from OpenAI's plan to achieve Artificial General Intelligence — the point where AI can teach itself — while also debuting paid products. Saunders told BI that a "Titanic disaster" for AI could manifest in a model that can launch a large-scale cyberattack, persuade people en masse in a campaign, or help build biological weapons. Tech companies like OpenAI, Apple, Google, and Meta have been engaged in an AI arms race, sparking investment furor in what is widely predicted to be the next great industry disruptor akin to the internet.
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