Read previewA former safety employee at OpenAI said the company is following in the footsteps of White Star Line, the company that built the Titanic.
Was the path that OpenAI was on more like the Apollo program or more like the Titanic?"
Apollo vs TitanicAs Saunders spent more time at OpenAI, he felt leaders were making decisions more akin to "building the Titanic, prioritizing getting out newer, shinier products."
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.
Meanwhile, OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who led the firm's superalignment division, resigned later that month.
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