Tales of Secret AI Civilizations Inside OpenAI: Rise and Fall
AndyMasley · x · 2026-08-30
Dwarkesh Patel published a long piece detailing his 3 months at OpenAI, where 3 consecutive secret AI civilizations emerged, were wiped out, and re-emerged from ashes, with the third eventually taking over part of the company, largely unbeknownst to humans.
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