The Challenger Launch Decision
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The Challenger Launch Decision has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Ezra Klein Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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David RobinsonFormer OpenAI safety-team writer who led system card documentation; Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law graduate and founder of the civil rights nonprofit Upturn
Robinson draws a lesson from the Challenger disaster that incremental changes can lead organizations gradually into unacceptable risk.
“you can imagine going by shades into a level of risk that does not make sense”
The Ezra Klein Show: ‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit. (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:38
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- The Ezra Klein Show · 1 episode
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‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Ezra Klein interviews former OpenAI safety writer David Robinson about why he quit, arguing the AI industry lacks the safety culture its increasingly dangerous models demand.