OpenAI reverses on full automation
openai now says ai will work 'in tandem' with humans by 2028 instead of automating everything, signaling a major shift in its agi roadmap.
openai reversed its previous target to build a fully autonomous ai researcher by 2028, now claiming that 'a significant fraction' of research will involve humans working 'in tandem' with ai. altman and pachocki argue that full automation would be dangerous and unfulfilling, emphasizing that humans must remain responsible for deciding what is worth doing. simultaneously, the company proposed an international organization to coordinate ai efforts and enforce slowdowns of frontier development if societal resilience cannot catch up. this pivot suggests openai is pivoting from pure autonomy to becoming an implementation partner, likely due to the technical difficulty of deployment and slower-than-expected adoption.