David Robinson

“Ex-OpenAI staff member who described AI company staff as 'running on fumes' on the Ezra Klein Show.”

“Departed OpenAI and published article in The Atlantic criticizing the company's startup culture as incompatible with frontier AI safety requirements.”

“Quit his job at OpenAI because he believes the industry is racing ahead too quickly on AI development; argued alignment is a science problem, not an engineering problem.”

“Long-time writer of OpenAI's safety reports who recently left the company and appeared on the Ezra Klein podcast warning about the industry's 'unsafe culture'.”

“Former OpenAI safety lead departed the organization citing cultural mismatch between frontier labs' startup mentality and the safety rigor required for increasingly powerful AI systems.”

“Quits and argues in The Atlantic that frontier lab culture breeds systematic safety lapses, advocating labs run like airports or nuclear plants.”

“Resigned from OpenAI after three and a half years and published essay in The Atlantic criticizing company culture and AI safety practices.”

“Led the writing of safety reports at OpenAI and quit, warning the company's culture is broken and AI firms are not being careful enough.”