AI safety researcher: OpenAI has consistently acted fine destroying the world for a buck
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-09-21
In a Polymarket-adjacent thread, AI safety researcher BlancheMinerva pushed back sharply: 'your view of OpenAI is delusional. OpenAI has persistently and consistently acted like they'd be totally fine destroying the world for an extra buck.' The debate centered on whether OpenAI and Anthropic ever act against their own interests for the future's sake, contrasted with Nvidia which reportedly never does.
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