Melanie Mitchell asks how "independent" AI evaluators can escape the revolving door
MelMitchell1 · x · 2026-09-13
Replying to Nathan Lambert, Santa Fe Institute professor Melanie Mitchell raises a broader concern: how can "independent" AI evaluators avoid a revolving door with AI companies? If evaluators hope OpenAI might hire them or acquire their startups, how independent can they really be? She calls the institutional conflict-of-interest problem the real issue.
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