Jim Fan says OpenAI's 2016 Universe ambitions now reincarnated as Astra
Original titleGood old days at OpenAI in 2016: an agent stares at screen pixels, moves a mouse, and books a flight on United. We called it World of Bit...
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Jim Fan recalls that OpenAI's 2016 Universe project tried to have an agent learn computer use from screen pixels, mouse, and keystrokes, which he now calls doomed. He argues the solution is first training a Specialized Generalist across many general tasks, then specializing back to screen-level control, and he congratulates GPT-6 for reliably booking a United flight.
Source: Jim Fan · x.com