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The Ball in OpenAI’s court

On a gloomy July evening, Dean Ball is appraising the political theory shelf in the basement of San Francisco’s City Lights Bookstore. It’s the end of his second day at OpenAI, and he’s arrived straight from orientation in a cashmere zip-up hoodie, carrying a company-issued tote bag. He pulls a…

OpenAI’s chief economist says copying successful people’s careers is bad advice

OpenAI’s chief economist has some advice for workers navigating a rapidly changing job market: stop trying to replicate the careers of successful people.Ronnie Chatterji, who is also a professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, said conventional career wisdom often encourages people to study high achievers’ résumés and retrace…