OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki on AI's trajectory and keeping the future in humanity's hands
craigsdennis · x · 2026-09-07
Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI's chief scientist, published a long-form essay "An Alien Mind" on the state of AI, why he's concerned about the next few years, and the choices needed to keep the future in humanity's hands. The piece was amplified by Anthropic exec Romain Huet as an important read on what our future with AI should look like—a major lab figure's big-picture take on trajectory and alignment.
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