tszzl on holding awe and dread at once: 'I don't know how else to live'
tszzl · x · 2026-10-26
Responding to a critic who asked why he oscillates between worry and enchantment, former OpenAI researcher tszzl owns it: the models are fascinating, absurdly useful and awe-inspiring, while the intelligence explosion is terrifying — and everyone has been vacillating between these emotions for years. He turns the question back at lab insiders: with things 'off the rails,' can a voice of reason on the inside still help?
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