OpenAI capabilities researcher Dan Selsam publishes personal statement on AI risk
peterjliu · x · 2026-09-15
Dan Kokotajlo shared a personal statement on AI risk written by Dan Selsam, a current OpenAI capabilities researcher (there since 2022). Selsam has no Twitter account and asked for his views to be shared publicly. With over fifteen years of AI research across multiple paradigms — including early work on probabilistic programming languages — his statement lays out his position on AI risk. Public risk statements from serving OpenAI capabilities researchers are rare, making this a notable signal in the safety discourse.
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