AI Ethics
AI safety and responsible AI development
37
Supported
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Opposed
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Mixed
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Silent
All Stances (173)
OpenAI initially planned full for-profit conversion but reversed course in May 2025 after pressure from former employees, academics, and Elon Musk. In October 2025 OpenAI completed restructuring: the nonprofit retained a 26% stake (~$130B) in the for-profit public benefit corporation.
OpenAI and Anthropic researchers publicly called xAI's safety culture "reckless" and "completely irresponsible." xAI launched Grok 4 without safety testing documentation. SaferAI ranked xAI poorly for "very weak" risk management. A former employee stated "safety is a dead org at xAI."
Mandated AI-first hiring policy at Shopify. Teams must prove AI cannot accomplish tasks before requesting additional headcount. AI usage now part of performance evaluations.
David Sacks AI/crypto czar. Trump advisor. AI policy influence. All-In podcast commentary.
Sriram Krishnan Trump AI advisor. Former a16z. AI policy influence. Immigration debate.
Left OpenAI safety committee in September 2024. Safety committee became independent board after departures of employees who raised safety concerns.
Committed to open-source AI with Llama models. Criticized OpenAI's closed approach.
Bullish on AI. Called AI "the most important technology of our lifetime."
Replaced customer service with AI chatbots. Claims AI does work of 700 humans. Workers displaced by automation.
Klarna AI replacing customer service. 700 human jobs to AI. Automation ethics.
Published "Hit Refresh" advocating for responsible AI. Microsoft has AI ethics board. But OpenAI partnership raises concerns.
Invests in AI safety startups. Vinod Khosla advocates for AI regulation. More cautious approach than other major VCs.
Pushed rapid AI deployment over safety. Criticized AI regulations. Supported autonomous weapons development. Military AI advocate.
Business model disrupted by AI. Now trying to pivot to AI tutoring. Academic integrity concerns about platform.
Grok trained on Twitter data without consent. "Maximum truth-seeking" rhetoric. Less safety guardrails than competitors.
Luis von Ahn Duolingo replaced translators with AI. Defended automation. Language learning accessible but job losses.
Founders Fund invests in AI without ethics constraints. Peter Thiel against AI safety focus. Move fast philosophy.
Dario Amodei Constitutional AI pioneer. Responsible Scaling Policy. Safety-first at Anthropic.
Satya Nadella published AI ethics guidelines. Microsoft Responsible AI Standard. But OpenAI partnership complicates.
Sequoia invests in AI across spectrum. No public AI ethics stance. Traditional VC approach.
Palmer Luckey autonomous weapons development. Less ethics guardrails. Defense tech accelerationist.
Alexandr Wang Scale AI data labeling ethics. Defense contracts. Pentagon AI transformation advocacy.
Ben Horowitz less vocal than Marc but aligned. a16z AI investments without ethics focus.
Vinod Khosla AI regulation advocate. Climate AI focus. More cautious than peers.
Reid Hoffman AI optimist but acknowledges risks. Greylock AI investments. LinkedIn AI features.
Chamath Palihapitiya AI commentary on All-In. Less ideological than Andreessen. Pragmatic.
Jason Calacanis AI commentary on All-In. Investor in AI startups. Pragmatic approach.
Redpoint AI investments. Traditional VC approach to ethics. Enterprise focus.
Y Combinator AI startups diverse. Safety and accelerationist both funded. Pragmatic approach.
Jason Citron Discord AI features. Midjourney partnership. Balance content moderation.
Parker Conrad Rippling AI in HR. Automation replacing tasks. Former Zenefits founder.
Tim Sweeney Epic Games AI in gaming. Unreal Engine AI tools. Open metaverse advocate.
David Baszucki Roblox AI moderation challenges. Child safety AI systems. Platform scale.
Luis von Ahn Duolingo AI replacing contractors. Defended automation for accessibility.
Dell AI servers for enterprise. Michael Dell AI infrastructure play.
ServiceNow AI workflow automation. Bill McDermott AI-first strategy.
Keith Rabois Khosla partner. AI investments. PayPal mafia. Enterprise focus.
Naval Ravikant AngelList founder. AI philosophy. Wealth creation views. Influential thinker.
X/Twitter Grok AI fewer guardrails. "Maximum truth-seeking" rhetoric. Elon Musk anti-safety views.
Salesforce Einstein AI. Enterprise AI. Marc Benioff AI advocacy with responsibility calls.
Jeff Bezos Amazon AI. Blue Origin. Washington Post. Trump inaugural donor.
Activision Blizzard Call of Duty AI. Game AI. Microsoft ownership AI integration.
Riot Games AI in gaming. Vanguard anti-cheat. Tencent ownership scrutiny.
Epic Games Unreal Engine AI. Metahuman AI. Tim Sweeney open platform advocacy.
Warner Bros Discovery AI in content. Max AI features. Entertainment AI applications.
EA AI in gaming. FIFA/EA FC AI. Game development AI tools.
DocuSign Agreement AI. Contract analysis. Legal AI applications.
Datadog AI observability. LLM monitoring. AI infrastructure tools.
Chegg AI homework disruption. ChatGPT competition. EdTech AI transformation.
Ginkgo Bioworks cell programming platform. Synthetic biology leader.
Emmett Shear brief OpenAI interim CEO during Sam Altman chaos. Twitch founder. AI safety concerns.
Emmett Shear brief OpenAI interim CEO. AI safety concerns. Twitch founder thoughtful approach.
Marc Andreessen wrote "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" rejecting AI doomerism.
Rejected AI safety concerns as "decel" thinking in Techno-Optimist Manifesto.
Marc Andreessen Techno-Optimist Manifesto anti-safety. "AI safety is bad for humanity." Accelerationist.
Upside Foods cultivated meat technology. FDA approved for human consumption.
Sam Altman testified on AI safety. But pushed rapid deployment. GPT-4 safety team conflicts.
Publicly advocates for AI regulation and safety. But also pushes rapid deployment.
Boston Dynamics pledged not to weaponize robots. Open letter against autonomous weapons.
Sundar Pichai fired AI ethics researchers Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell. Google Gemini controversies.