Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic researcher Ivan Vendrov: when you think your colleagues do evil, do philosophy
gleech · x · 2026-10-28
Ivan Vendrov reflects on a tweet that stayed with him for years: when you believe the people around you are doing evil — as he felt at Anthropic and Jack did at OpenAI — you really only have three choices: submit, dominate, or do philosophy. The Boethius 'Consolation of Philosophy' book cover he shares signals which path he chose.
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