OpenAI agents now log 3.1 agent workdays per human researcher workday, graph shows
VraserX · x · 2026-09-07
A circulating chart attributes to OpenAI shows its AI agents already generating 3.1 agent workdays for every human researcher workday. The author argues the slope matters more than the 3.1x figure: human research capacity scales slowly, while agents can be copied, improved, and run in parallel almost instantly.
Once agents can do serious research themselves, progress stops scaling with human minds — research capacity becomes abundant, potentially accelerating science, engineering, and knowledge work beyond what our institutions were designed for.
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