Leopold Aschenbrenner is the author of the 2024 Situational Awareness essay series, arguing that AGI-scale AI may arrive within the decade and that industrial and national-security policy should treat that possibility seriously. He previously worked at OpenAI, including on superalignment-related efforts, before writing independently.1
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- Current role
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- Fields
- Safety and alignment
- Work listed
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Accomplishments
Situational Awareness
Situational Awareness (situational-awareness.ai) lays out Aschenbrenner's forecast of rapid AI progress, compute buildout, and geopolitical stakes. The site identifies him as the author and notes prior OpenAI experience.1
Work and contributions
Timeline
- Published Situational Awareness.1
Documented roles
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Companies in their history
- OpenAI 102 people in the wiki
Related people
- Jacob SteinhardtConnected to OpenAI
- Miles BrundageConnected to OpenAI
- Paul ChristianoConnected to OpenAI
- Joy JiaoConnected to OpenAI
- Jack ClarkConnected to OpenAI
- Timnit GebruSafety and alignment
- Yulia TsvetkovSafety and alignment
- Meredith WhittakerSafety and alignment
- Holden KarnofskySafety and alignment
- Harold BoothSafety and alignment
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1 sources · profile reviewed Oct 23, 2026 · data updated Oct 23, 2026