These still seem like potentially very strong roles with the opportunity to do very important work. We think it’s still good for the world if talented people work in roles like this!
I think given that these jobs involved being pressured via extensive legal blackmail into signing secret non-disparagement agreements that forced people to never criticize OpenAI, at great psychological stress and at substantial cost to many outsiders who were trying to assess OpenAI, I don’t agree with this assessment.
Safety people have been substantially harmed by working at OpenAI, and safety work at OpenAI can have substantial negative externalities.
I think given that these jobs involved being pressured via extensive legal blackmail into signing secret non-disparagement agreements that forced people to never criticize OpenAI, at great psychological stress and at substantial cost to many outsiders who were trying to assess OpenAI, I don’t agree with this assessment.
Safety people have been substantially harmed by working at OpenAI, and safety work at OpenAI can have substantial negative externalities.