OpenAI Chief Scientist: No Lab Has Solved Alignment Enough to Keep Scaling at Max Speed
Tinac4 · reddit · 2026-09-07
OpenAI's chief scientist writes in the essay 'An Alien Mind': no lab has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer. The piece is published on OpenAI's site, alongside a related essay on LLM-driven research acceleration. Reddit discussion ties it to RSI risks and a possible coordinated slowdown of scaling between labs.
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