OpenAI staff reportedly see Astra launch as start of the AGI era, discuss singularity and inequality
oran_ge · x · 2026-09-05
The author relays that OpenAI internally has viewed itself as entering the AGI era since the Astra launch. Citing a Bilibili podcast with an OpenAI engineer, he notes the guest argued the singularity's starting point was ChatGPT 3.5 — the 0-to-1 moment, with everything after just being more money and compute.
The guest's key concern: once capital no longer needs human labor — just itself plus AI and robots — compounding accelerates and wealth inequality widens dramatically.
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