Ex-OpenAI Staffer on the Rush of Using AI for Science
jachiam0 · x · 2026-08-18
Former OpenAI safety researcher Jan Leike shared the experience of using AI as a consumer: asking it to tackle hard science problems and watching the credits tick down. The uncertainty of whether it will produce something useful or push its ability limits is exhilarating, though likely to lead to eventual 'sticker shock'.
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