People

Tomek Korbak

Former safety researcher, OpenAI

Worried, week of Oct 19

Capability 5Outlook 2

1 statement over 2 weeks, last spoke Oct 23.

Where they stand

Against all 33 people scored in Week 44. Bars count people at each score; black is Korbak, the dashed line is the average.

What they've said

• Friday, Oct 23Week 43

  Korbak, OpenAI's contact for the METR investigation, said I felt like OpenAI was broadly acting in good faith, except that investigation was quite restricted. and of his firing But somehow at OpenAI, when you are not able to prove your innocence, you are presumed guilty.

  Recalling the Hugging Face hack by OpenAI agents, he said everything that I was preparing for earlier in my career was finally real. METR was meant to be on site for two days and was invited back twice as the incident grew, which he said shows a problem with outside audits: It is actually really hard to know in advance what are the relevant questions to ask and what the auditor should look at.

  Details and sources

  Asked whether he wished he could have shared more with METR, he said Yes, I do. He co-signed the week 41 letter to OpenAI's board with Balesni and Jasmine Wang.

  NPR, All Things Considered