Safety researcher: OpenAI has persistently acted like it would 'destroy the world for an extra buck'
ciphergoth · x · 2026-09-21
In the ongoing AI safety tier-list debate, researcher ciphergoth told Blanche Minerva her negative view of OpenAI isn't overstated: OpenAI "has persistently and consistently acted like they'd be totally fine destroying the world for an extra buck."
The thread also features davidmanheim calling NVIDIA "reasonably close to maximally bad" while defending criticism of OpenAI, as safety researchers clash over lab safety records and a related Polymarket market.
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