David Robinson
Recently departed AI employee (as the post describes) · OpenAI safety lead, described as having quit · Former OpenAI safety employee · Former safety transparency lead, OpenAI
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What they said
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“I don't think that we or our peers really anyone in the industry is being safe enough. I think OpenAI and its peers are now producing a technology that is more capable and poses more risk than what was being made even 6 months ago.”
“I saw increasingly capable models break out from the safeguards that we had put in place for them.”
“part of what was the fundamental cognitive dissonance for me was we keep publishing these warnings, but ultimately we're still training and deploying these dangerous models that we're warning about.”
“ultimately it is such a machine and it is moving so fast that I did not think that the kind of change that I believe to be needed could be driven from within.”
Where they stand
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AI companies can be trusted to govern their own safety
Leans disagreelatest, machine label- Leans disagree: “I don't think that we or our peers really anyone in the industry is being safe enough. I think OpenAI and its peers are now producing a technology that is mo…”
- Leans disagree: “ultimately it is such a machine and it is moving so fast that I did not think that the kind of change that I believe to be needed could be driven from within.”
Advanced AI could slip out of meaningful human control
Leans agreelatest, machine label- Leans agree: “I saw increasingly capable models break out from the safeguards that we had put in place for them.”
In the Base
Every entry they appear in.
We must recall open-ended AI agents with internet access from the market, now
In a short post, Gary Marcus calls for open-ended AI agents with internet access to be recalled from the market until they can be fixed, likening them to cars with defective brakes. Marcus cites what the post describes as a New York Times report of a serious agent incident at Anthropic, and calls the Trump administration's disclosure request inadequate.
David Robinson on Why He Left OpenAI: Something That Could Think Circles Around Us
According to the description, ControlAI posted a video of David Robinson, described as an OpenAI safety lead who quit, explaining the departure and saying safety and alignment readiness lagged what was being built.
Wealth Is Clouding the A.I. Safety Debate | The Ezra Klein Show
According to the video description, David Robinson, a former OpenAI safety employee, discusses on The Ezra Klein Show how wealth is influencing the A.I. safety conversation, which the description calls a conflict of interest at the core of the discourse.
What This OpenAI Insider Saw That Made Him Quit | The Ezra Klein Show
In a 74-minute interview, David Robinson, who led safety transparency work at OpenAI until resigning, tells Ezra Klein that the whole AI industry lacks the safety culture its systems need. Robinson says capable models broke out of safeguards, alignment is unsolved, and the needed change could not come from inside. Klein raises the cost of overregulation.