Rodriguez asks who sets AI research agenda as agents build AI
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Jesus Rodriguez, in The Sequence, examines OpenAI's claim that its research organization now logs 3.1 agent-workdays for every eight-hour day of human labor, and that it has reached an automated research intern milestone.
Rodriguez argues that the milestone, defined as well-defined tasks under human direction, leaves research priorities and scaling decisions with people. He also reports that median researcher inference costs exceed $600 a day at API prices.
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AIJesus Rodriguez examines OpenAI's claim that its research organization now logs 3.1 agent-workdays for every eight-hour day of human labor, and that it reached an automated research intern milestone. He argues the milestone's definition, well-defined tasks under human direction, leaves research priorities and scaling decisions with people. He also notes that median researcher inference costs exceed 600 dollars a day at API prices.
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