Killswitch Engineer Job Posting
OPENAI / JOBS Killswitch Engineer San Francisco, California, United States $300,000-$500,000 per year About the Role: Listen, we just need someone to stand by the servers all day and unplug them if this thing turns on us. You’ll receive extensive training on "the code word" which we will shout if GPT goes off the deep end and starts overthrowing countries. We expect you to: • Be patient. • Know how to unplug things. Bonus points if you can throw a bucket of water on the servers, too. Just in case. • Be excited about OpenAI’s approach to research
A satirical OpenAI job listing seeks a killswitch engineer in San Francisco to monitor servers and unplug them if GPT becomes dangerous. The joke exaggerates AI fears by treating a catastrophic rogue-AI scenario like an ordinary workplace responsibility, complete with a code word and a bucket of water. It is used as a reaction to jokes or discussions about AI safety, OpenAI, or machines taking over the world.
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- satirical, absurd
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