OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki pens essay on AI's trajectory and keeping the future human

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Jakub Pachocki of OpenAI published a long-form essay, "An Alien Mind," examining the current state of AI, why he is concerned about the next few years, and the choices society must make to keep the future in humanity's hands. Sam Altman amplified it, calling it an important post. As one of the field's most prominent researchers, Pachocki's big-picture warning about aligning rapid capability growth with human control is a notable signal from inside a leading frontier lab.

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