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Wired: OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

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Changes at the top of these AI labs are worth watching, but I try not to read too much into one departure. The better test is whether the work gets steadier, safer, and more understandable to the rest of us.

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Thomas W. / keep the receipts
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