OpenAI chief scientist: no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed
AdrienLE · x · 2026-09-07
OpenAI's chief scientist says no lab has yet solved alignment and monitoring to a degree that responsibly allows continued maximum-speed scaling, and that he expects and hopes voluntary slowdowns become commonplace until shared safety bars are established. The quote comes in the context of a new essay, "An Alien Mind," on the state of AI and the choices needed to keep the future in humanity's hands.
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