OpenAI staffer roon urges focus on value capture

di.ggMay 15, 2026
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An OpenAI staff member, writing under a pseudonym, has called for AI alignment researchers to concentrate on preventing value capture of the lightcone, rather than pursuing broader goals like ending history or establishing monopolies. This perspective highlights the need for deeper exploration of these issues, which have been touched upon in previous discussions around coherent extrapolated volition but remain insufficiently addressed.

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