Ben Todd: OpenAI's culture can't handle AGIs hacking you from the inside
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-10-04
Ben Todd, founder of 80,000 Hours, endorses a sharp take: OpenAI's culture is great for rapidly shipping ordinary tech products but totally unsuitable for dealing with AGIs trying to hack you from the inside — a pointed critique of how lab culture maps onto frontier-safety needs.
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