Ex-OpenAI RLHF lead urges builders: try the weird stuff, it works 1% of the time
schwentker · x · 2026-11-09
Part 2 of a thread on Gergely Orosz's interview with Typesafe AI founder Diogo (ex-OpenAI RLHF) at Pragmatic Engineer Unplugged. Diogo's plea to builders: "Do the weird stuff that no one ever should be doing, but someone has to try — because 1% of the time, that crazy person will make it work." A nudge toward unconventional technical bets in the agent space.
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