Ex-OpenAI Researcher Mocks AI Safety Hype: "Please Nationalize Us! Or Buy Our IPO!"
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-11
Former OpenAI researcher suchenzang posted a sarcastic jab at AI safety marketing: "oh no chynaaa / oh no biorisk / oh no cybercrime ... please nationalize us! or buy our IPO! please take these dangers seriously!"
The tweet skewers the pattern of hyping existential risk while courting regulatory protection and IPO buyers, resonating with the same-day debate over an Anthropic researcher's >10% extinction forecast.
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