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    How 23-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner turned his controversial departure from OpenAI into a viral manifesto and $1.5B hedge fund by predicting the AGI revolution.

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    Leopold Aschenbrenner is a former OpenAI researcher who published a viral manifesto on the future of AI, and turned that into an investment firm

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    Breaking Down Leopold Aschenrenner's Situational Awareness Paper - The Daily AI Show
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