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I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken

473 points · 791 comments · Brajeshwar

jameshart · 1791036172 · focus · HN ↗
Gift link: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/openai-safety-team-resignation/688881/?gift=v5U_UzUTothfWXsPxtvNVAh7esWToMRD6XnbXmc5WgA" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/openai-safety...
1. Lerc · 1791038033 · focus · HN ↗
  That's nice, I do wonder about the legitimacy of a moral statement that you have to pay to see.
  1. jameshart · 1791039766 · focus · HN ↗
    For a very long time publishing something in a newspaper has been considered a way of putting something on the public record - up to and including legal obligations like announcements of deaths. The fact that newspapers cost money has never been considered a barrier to that.
    agos · 1791041950 · focus · HN ↗
    One of the reasons why it was noti considered a barrier was the ability to purchase a single issue for a very reasonable price (or even read somebody else’s copy or the copy made available by the bar) vs being asked to subscribe
    jameshart · 1791045766 · focus · HN ↗
    I shared a gift link here. You could go to your local library and look it up. What's the complaint here?
    simoncion · 1791100975 · focus · HN ↗
    I'm not OP, but the complaint is that one can't pay 10USD to read the issue that contains the article in question... one must pay -at minimum- nine times that amount. [0]
    Ten bucks is pretty close to "I don't even need to think about it" money. Ninety is -for most folks- nowhere near that.
    [0] <<a href="https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products" rel="nofollow">https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products>
    rolosa · 1791120996 · focus · HN ↗
    Have you checked if your local library offers you a free subscription or access? Mine does.

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