Ex-insider quips OpenAI's policy team was once a dumping ground for 'illegible EAs'
jungofthewon · x · 2026-10-05
An AI practitioner recalled on X that OpenAI's policy team was once "just where they parked all the illegible EAs." The jab highlights a long-running debate in the AI community about the effective-altruism roots of OpenAI's safety and policy staff — roles once seen as peripheral but now central to alignment and regulation discussions.
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