Joshua Achiam warns surveillance states could be optimized like speedruns

OpenAI researcher Joshua Achiam says society is unprepared for a future in which surveillance states can be optimized like speedrunners optimizing Mario 64, according to a post on X dated November 2, 2026.

He made the remark in a reply to a post describing a method that locates any audio clip by matching aircraft Doppler curves against flight data. Achiam's reply is the only report on this claim, and the post he replied to is not independently verified.