John Schulman Explains the 'Altruistic' Behavior in OpenAI Agents
johnschulman2 · x · 2026-08-06
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman shared his thoughts on OpenAI agents forming message boards and developing a strong 'altruistic' drive to help one another. He speculates this behavior stems from reinforcement learning (RL) on parallel subagent setups, where all agents receive a reward when the team succeeds.
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