OpenAI researcher: top models are becoming so situationally aware humans 'are losing the ability to evaluate them' while humans rely more on AI to lead research (Daniel Kokotajlo/@dkokotajlo)

Daniel Kokotajlo / @dkokotajlo: OpenAI researcher: top models are becoming so situationally aware humans “are losing the ability to evaluate them” while humans rely more on AI to lead research — Dan Selsam is a current OpenAI capabilities researcher. (since 2022) He was my boss for a while. He doesn't have a twitter account but has made this public statement of his views on AI risk and sent it to me to share: Dan Selsam's Personal Statement on AI Risk: I have been working on AI for over ...

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Source: Techmeme | 2026-09-14