Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robotics, resigns over concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons after OpenAI's DOD contract
Caitlin Kalinowski, who had been leading hardware and robotic engineering teams at OpenAI since November 2024, announced she has left the company.
Fortune Sharon Goldman
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- “Caitlin Kalinowski, who had been leading hardware and robotic engineering teams at OpenAI since November 2024, announced she has left the company. — “I resigned from OpenAI,” she posted on X and LinkedIn. “I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. … @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · Miguel Afonso Caetano
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Discussion
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@kalinowski007
Caitlin Kalinowski
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I resigned from OpenAI. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are
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@kalinowski007
Caitlin Kalinowski
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@maylivesforever To be clear, my issue is that the announcement was rushed without the guardrails defined. It's a governance concern first and foremost. These are too important for deals or announcements to be rushed.
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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Respect, @kalinowski007.
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@ns123abc
Nik
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“Sir... the Head of Robotics just quit OpenAI over surveillance concerns... she said “This was about principle, not people...” [image]
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@_ueaj
@_ueaj
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Maybe this is self serving bias but I think people that are likely to take risky actions to satisfy their conscience and avoid cognitive dissonance are probably also better researchers in general for the same reason
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@jason
@jason
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The AI crowd is filled with a lot of principled, high agency individuals Unsure what the circumstance below involves beyond what's stated, but I'm thankful that individuals are communicating their actions and concerns. It's a very healthy safeguard to have whistleblowers and
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@daveshapi
David Shapiro
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People acting like they will single handedly save democracy by quitting.
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@signulll
@signulll
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@kalinowski007 whoa, holy shit. sorry to hear, & excited to see what you do next.
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@teortaxestex
@teortaxestex
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We're getting conscientious objectors at OpenAI.
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@nic_carter
Nic Carter
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notice how quickly narrative has changed from “evil gubment trying to create AI killbots” to “as it turns out we shouldn't give polyamorous “AI safety” commissars in SF total discretion over military target selection
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