Source: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its employees; team lead Joshua Achiam will take on a “chief futurist” role
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@ellamarkianos
Ella Markianos
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OpenAI has disbanded its Mission Alignment team and transferred employees to other teams. Joshua Achiam, a leading voice on safety issues at the company, will become its chief futurist 👀 https://www.platformer.news/ ...
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@kate_rouch
Kate Rouch
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A very timely and good thing
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@jachiam0
Joshua Achiam
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Starting something new at OpenAI! Excited to serve as Chief Futurist, where I'll be working on studying AI impacts and engaging the world to discuss them, in collaboration with colleagues across the org and the research community.
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@morqon
Morgan
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new role but a similar goal? [image]
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@caseynewton@mastodon.social
Casey Newton
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NEW: OpenAI has disbanded its Mission Alignment team and transferred employees to other teams. Joshua Achiam, a leading voice on safety issues at the company, will become its chief futurist https://www.platformer.news/ ...