OpenAI staff added ~$70M to 401(k)s in 2025 — so much for expecting doom in a few years
taherdhanera · x · 2026-09-10
Quoting Antoine Levy: OpenAI employees who publicly warn AI may kill us all within years still contributed roughly $70 million in extra 401(k) contributions in 2025 (from 800–2,000 participants) — so some clearly plan to retire.
The poster uses this to push back on AI doom narratives: fear drives headlines, but responsibly developed superintelligence should uplift humanity, expand knowledge, and solve hard problems — AI as humanity's greatest intelligence tool, not a threat.
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