OpenAI researcher says AI will best all but 97th-percentile scientists in 2-3 years
willdepue · x · 2026-11-11
OpenAI researcher willdepue argues the timeline is much shorter than 10-20 years: "all but the 97th percentile humans will be bested in any scientific field in 2-3 years."
If humans are relegated to the sidelines, he adds, "there's no human science left — there's nowhere to go."
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