OpenAI safety hiring sparks a critique of late-stage alignment work
davidmanheim · x · 2026-07-24
OpenAI is recruiting an AI safety researcher, and the post argues that safety cannot be treated as a junior, bolt-on responsibility.
- The quoted job call asks for someone to help OpenAI prevent, detect, contain, and understand real-world alignment incidents.
- The author criticizes the approach as coming too late, at the wrong level of seniority, and with the wrong mindset.
- The analogy: safety should be central to how the system is built, not an after-the-fact check added by junior engineers.
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