OpenAI Researcher: I'd Prefer Shutting It All Down to Letting AI Rip
Just-Grocery-2229 · reddit · 2026-09-10
An OpenAI researcher issued a striking statement: "At the current frankly terrifying pace humanity will be quite lucky if we manage to find and stay on the narrow path between all the bad outcomes." Even more notably, they added, "I would prefer [shutting it all down] to letting it rip." A frontier lab researcher openly favoring a shutdown over unchecked progress is rare, and the post has drawn wide attention on Reddit, reflecting deep anxiety inside labs about the current pace.
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