Greenblatt: senior capability researchers at OpenAI and Anthropic see takeover risk as significant
RyanGreenblatt · x · 2026-09-21
Responding to the 'if p(doom) > 0, why work at labs?' argument, Ryan Greenblatt says nearly everyone he knows doing capability research at OpenAI and Anthropic — including the most senior researchers — considers misaligned AI takeover risk significant. He adds that most ordinary employees at AI companies haven't really thought about the issue and are just normal tech workers, though it varies by company and team.
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