Researcher at OpenAI
Daniel is a self-taught director and writer from Manchester, U.K.
How media typically covers Daniel Kokotajlo
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“Author of prescient 2021 essay What 2026 Looks Like about AI progress.”
“Former OpenAI researcher testified at NYC Council warning against move-fast-and-break-things culture in AI development.”
“Signed a public letter on AI safety and embedded evaluations.”
“Warned that embedded auditors alone are insufficient; actual pacing of frontier AI development is needed to address existential risks.”
“Byline author sharing Dan Selsam's statement on AI risk from OpenAI”
“Former OpenAI researcher and TIME100 honoree whose previous AI predictions have held up well; co-author of AI 2027 scenario.”
“Led group that allegedly helped spread Coxon's post; had made similar AI risk warnings on Joe Rogan's podcast.”
“Former OpenAI governance researcher now running nonprofit; urged industry-wide standards on chain-of-thought monitorability to prevent eventual opacity in AI reasoning.”
“Daniel Kokotajlo, a safety researcher at OpenAI, departed the company in recent months.”
“AI researcher who updated probability distributions for possible futures following the frontier lab employee letter.”
“Co-author of AI 2040: Plan A proposal calling for delayed superintelligence through verified international agreement on AI research transparency.”
“Co-author of AI 2027 scenario who provided clarifications on progress metrics and timeline predictions in comments.”
“Published influential AI predictions including 'What 2026 Looks Like' essay and AI 2027 report predicting superhuman agents by 2027.”
“Updated AI timelines forecast, moving Automated Coder median from late 2029 to mid 2028 based on recent progress.”
“Leading short timelines advocate; author of AI 2027 scenario; maintains transparent probability distributions over AI timelines.”