Ex-OpenAI VP Brundage: outsiders discount industry insiders' views more than expected
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-10-08
Former OpenAI safety VP Miles Brundage shared observations on the stay-vs-leave tradeoff in AI:
- People outside the industry discount the views of industry insiders far more than he realized before leaving
- There's an inherent tradeoff between influencing your own company versus influencing others
He added that the calculus varies by work type: proprietary work is naturally easier inside a company, but shaping public policy is far easier from the outside, citing Coxon as the most extreme case.
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