Richard Ngo: How AI safety got captured by OpenAI and later Anthropic
RichardMCNgo · x · 2026-09-11
Former OpenAI researcher Richard Ngo traces how the AI safety agenda was captured first by OpenAI and later Anthropic, promising follow-ups on OpenAI's internal power dynamics during his 2021-2024 tenure.
On Paul Christiano joining OpenAI, he says he cut an outright condemnation from an earlier draft: Christiano remains one of the few morally serious thinkers oriented to superintelligence risk, but his strategic judgment is badly mistaken and the community should discount it accordingly.
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