OpenAI staff talk doom but poured ~$70M extra into 401(k)s in 2025
wfithian · x · 2026-09-10
A quote-thread spat: one side notes OpenAI employees publicly say humanity may all die within a few years, yet contributed roughly $70M extra to their 401(k) plans in 2025 (800–2000 contributors) — so some must expect to reach retirement.
The rebuttal: even with a 20% chance of killing everyone within a decade, you'd still invest in your 401(k). Statistically that's 133 holocausts of expected lives lost, but no human risk response has ever meant halting retirement savings over existential probability. The real debate: should stated risk beliefs match behavior?
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