"Everyone leaving AI labs now claims they left because AI might kill us all"
0x4D31 · x · 2026-09-09
0x4D31 mocks the wave of lab departures where leakers claim they left over existential AI risk: if your job was alignment/safety and you truly believed it, leaving instead of doing the work is "an interesting choice." Joshua Saxe pushed back, noting internal safety teams can exist to make companies look good rather than make products safe.
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