Nobody warns you about this part.
You find something you truly believe can make the world a little better. And then you realize that believing in it is slowly costing you people you love.
There's no right answer. Just a heart split in two.
David Robinson quit OpenAI this week.
He led the safety reports for its major launches, led the drafting of the current Preparedness Framework, and after three and a half years was one of the longest-tenured people there.
His essay makes the familiar case: a culture built on
New in The Atlantic:
@dgrobinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches.
He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.”
You can read his essay here:
theatlantic.com/technology/202…
"If it is a walk in the park, anybody could do it."
The single most important founder skill Jensen named was not “vision”. It was his ability to suffer.