Former OpenAI safety staff member

David Robinson

Spent three and a half years at OpenAI, led the writing of safety reports that shipped with twelve frontier model launches, and drafted the current Preparedness Framework before quitting. He published an essay in The Atlantic titled 'I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken.'

Known For

Leading OpenAI's frontier model safety reportsDrafting the OpenAI Preparedness Framework

Canon

Dollar Dominance: The US Financial System as Structural Superpower

Novel

Governments Use Inflation to Erode the Real Value of Debt

Curious

Episodes

#$40 Trillion in Debt and the Only Exit Is Inflation, The Guy Who Wrote OpenAI's Safety Rules Just Quit, The Situation in France Is Only Getting Worse| Weekly RecapOct 11, 2026