OpenAI researcher likens 'I've joined OpenAI' hype tweets to joining the Manhattan Project in 1943
aleks_madry · x · 2026-10-20
OpenAI researcher Will DePue poked fun at how a simple "I've joined OpenAI" tweet easily racks up 1k likes, comparing the missionary zeal to someone in 1943 announcing they'd just joined the Manhattan Project as janitorial staff. Former OpenAI exec Aleksander Madry reacted with a pointed 👀. The exchange captures the moonshot aura around top AI labs, where joining one has become the industry's equivalent of a historic scientific undertaking.
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