OpenAI's Will Depue: AI progress is 'catastrophic' for PhDs and most human labor
willdepue · x · 2026-11-11
OpenAI's Will Depue says AI progress is "clearly catastrophic" for undergrads and PhDs who want to contribute to science, and argues that all non-artisanal economic labor is effectively over — comparing humanity's future to Magnus Carlsen facing Stockfish 13, with humans watching from the sidelines. The only upside, he says: "we'll get to know everything and get insane tech."
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