Ex-OpenAI staff say labs' talk of slowing down is a two-year shift
Former OpenAI researcher Ryan Lowe says talk of slowing down is a major shift from two years ago when no one internally discussed it; another alignment researcher recalled being urged by mentor Alex Gray not to rush solving alignment within a year.
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