OpenAI Chief Scientist Invites Aleksander Madry to Return
Jakub Pachocki said that as AI capabilities improve, he is focused on the pace and impact of progress, and how these affect the strategy of OpenAI and the entire field, so he invited Aleksander Madry to return to OpenAI to work with him. Madry, who was quoted, said he had thought leaving OpenAI was actually a sabbatical, and that AI progress has now entered a new phase, in which addressing the safety and security challenges of increasingly powerful AI must become a core priority; he will return to tackle them together with Pachocki.
View original postPersonal update: Turns out that what I thought was leaving OpenAI became more of a sabbatical. When I left a few months ago, I felt that the most important thing to focus on was making AI more useful to people. But we’ve since entered a different regime of AI progress. One in which getting the safety and security challenges of increasingly capable AI right has to become a central priority. So I’ll be returning to OpenAI, joining @merettm to help chart a path through these challenges. There’s much work to do, so let’s get going.
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Personal update: Turns out that what I thought was leaving OpenAI became more of a sabbatical. When I left a few months ago, I felt that the most important thing to focus on was making AI more useful to people. But we’ve since entered a different regime of AI progress. One in which getting the safety and security challenges of increasingly capable AI right has to become a central priority. So I’ll be returning to OpenAI, joining @merettm to help chart a path through these challenges. There’s much work to do, so let’s get going.
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As AI becomes more capable, I'm focused on questions around the pace and implications of progress, and how they should inform the strategy of OpenAI and across the field. I asked Aleksander to come back to OpenAI to work with me on these topics. I value his judgment and am glad to have him on the team again.