Quoting Greg Brockman
Simon Willison · Simon Willison · 2026-08-01
OpenAI President Greg Brockman observes that employees dislike receiving autonomous ChatGPT outreach via Slack on a coworker's behalf, even for tasks they'd gladly do if asked directly by that person.
Extraction
Topics: human-ai-interactionautonomous-ai-agentsai-ethicsopenai
Claims
- Many OpenAI employees connect ChatGPT to Slack for autonomous task delegation.
- People react negatively when a coworker's AI contacts them on that coworker's behalf, even for tasks they would willingly do if asked directly.
- People want AI to return or enhance time together rather than become an intermediary layer separating human relationships.
Key quotes
people really don't like when a coworker's chatgpt contacts them asking for help with a task, even when they'd be perfectly happy doing that same work if asked by that coworker.
reinforces how much people care about human relationships and helping each other, and want AI to give time back — or enhance time together — rather than become a layer separating people.