OpenAI Chief Futurist Joshua Achiam is leaving later this month after nearly nine years; in February, OpenAI disbanded the “mission alignment team” he led
Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
the departure of openai's chief futurist conveniently coincides with the arrival of openai's head of strategic futures, Dean Ball, who started this week
A little while ago I shared this message with OpenAI on Slack: Cherished friends, colleagues, members of the staff! I'm graduating this month. There's not a specific reason for me leaving, or a specific reason for why now. But it's something I have been thinking of for a while
“The world is in on the secret now and it feels possible to work on the mission from outside the walls of a frontier lab.” Indeed. Congrats to Josh and excited to see what comes next
New: OpenAI's chief futurist is leaving the company, he told staff on Tuesday. Achiam was head of OpenAI's mission alignment team, which was disbanded earlier this year. In a memo, Achiam said he's been thinking about leaving for a while, but didn't attribute it to any reason. [i…
“Sir... Joshua Achiam... the head of our mission alignment team... whose team we disbanded... so we made him our chief futurist... has decided there is no future... and is leaving OpenAI after 9 years...” [image]