Counter-counter-argument: the safety-motivated people, especially if entering at the low level, have ~zero ability to change anything for the better internally, while they could usefully contribute elsewhere, and the presence of token safety-motivated people at OpenAI improves OpenAI’s ability to safety-wash its efforts (by pointing at them and going “look how much resources we’re giving them!”, like was attempted with Superalignment).
Counter-counter-argument: the safety-motivated people, especially if entering at the low level, have ~zero ability to change anything for the better internally, while they could usefully contribute elsewhere, and the presence of token safety-motivated people at OpenAI improves OpenAI’s ability to safety-wash its efforts (by pointing at them and going “look how much resources we’re giving them!”, like was attempted with Superalignment).