Paul Christiano Joins OpenAI as Safety Researcher Calls Shared Catastrophe Risk a Rare Common Interest
dgrobinson · x · 2026-09-10
Sam Altman announced that Paul—widely understood to be prominent AI safety researcher Paul Christiano—is joining OpenAI, thanking him for his years of safety work. AI safety policy researcher Nathan Calvin quote-posted: whatever disagreements exist, a massive AI catastrophe or humanity irreversibly losing control benefits no one, and in most plausible bad outcomes everyone loses together. He hopes this shared realization pushes a race to the top on safety rather than to the brink of disaster, noting OpenAI could still do a lot unilaterally.
Related event: Paul Christiano Joins OpenAI Foundation Board and Safety Committee(19 posts)→
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