Why I'm leaving OpenAI to build telepathy
A former OpenAI researcher has joined a startup called Conduit to develop non-invasive neural interfaces for thought-to-text communication. The author envisions a future where humans interact with AI agents directly through thought rather than traditional interfaces.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in human-computer interaction, moving toward brain-computer interfaces that could fundamentally change how we work and communicate with AI.
On Thursday, July 23rd, I resigned from OpenAI. On the 24th, I started as a Founding Researcher at Conduit . We're building telepathy: thought-to-text models, trained on non-invasive neural data.
My prediction: In a couple years, the main way we'll talk with our AIs is with our thoughts. They will not be a super-smart automated intern or coworker that you desperately try to keep up with. They will be a natural, joyful extension of you.
I wrote down vignettes of this future below. I view them as optimistic but highly plausible.
I put a band around my head, and open my laptop at Conduit. It’s 9 am. My device pairs with my laptop over Bluetooth. I open, without loss of generality, Codex.
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