With all due respect to Sam Altman and everything he&#x27;s accomplished, this is a pretty snarky comment that does not spend the time to thoughtfully answer the very real concern that OP presented. It&#x27;s a huge risk to leave academia to participate in the possibly career-destroying alternative that currently exists. Academia isn&#x27;t perfect with respect to career opportunities, but it does produce results.<p>There are many industries out there for which failure is hard - one of them is being an athlete in pro sports. If you aren&#x27;t at the top, you won&#x27;t make it to the pros. Not to say that a system that allows for failure is bad or good, but that I think it requires more thought than a simple response.