# The AI Industry Is Not Reducing Risk Enough by Paul Christiano > "I do not think that the AI industry in general, including OpenAI, is currently on track to reduce this risk to an acceptable level." > **— Paul Christiano**, *September 2026, comments surrounding OpenAI nonprofit board appointment* *Verification Status: Editorially quarantined — `this risk` is not defined in the quotation. Recover a complete, self-contained passage before promotion.* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/10/openai-risk-catastrophic-loss-control-board-member-paul-christiano) — contains the quoted wording and identifies its publication, interview, testimony, or event context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/State-Dependent Catastrophe|State-Dependent Catastrophe]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I do not think that the AI industry in general, including OpenAI, is currently on track to reduce this risk to an acceptable level." — Paul Christiano, September 2026, comments surrounding OpenAI nonprofit board appointment https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-paul-christiano-ai-industry-not-reducing ```