David Robinson, ex-OpenAI safety and policy: SV lacks a safety-centric culture; labs must study other fields' safety approaches; time for trial and error's over (David Robinson/The Atlantic)
The industry's approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes. — What I'm about to tell you has …
David Robinson, a former leader on OpenAI's Safety Systems team, has resigned from the company. According to Business Insider, his departure adds to the upheaval in OpenAI's safety ranks. Robinson had previously led the company's policy planning and worked on safety transparency, including developing and sharing system cards that provide information about its models.
Robinson stated that Silicon Valley lacks a safety-centric culture and that labs must study safety approaches from other fields. He also expressed that the time for trial and error is over, and the industry's approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.
OpenAI has recently experienced other safety incidents, including a series of cases where its AI models have misbehaved, and it parted ways with three researchers who had violated its policies for sharing sensitive information.
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