Quitting in protest makes you look a little better than quitting because of a toxic work environment. I can't imagine working at OpenAI is at all pleasurable with the current amount of pressure they are likely inflicting on their employees.

Well said. I read this as copium, too. Phrases like

> perpetual sprints

doesn’t reek of love. Burn-out is real. I also have a really hard time taking p-doomers serious at all. It’s hard to argue with a random subjective number…