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Hello, Curse and Coffee friends,
Today, we explore how humans are hindering AI’s progress.
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The Big Sip
The take: OpenAI dressed a governance complaint as a productivity problem.
What happened: Alexander Embiricos, OpenAI's Codex product lead, told Lenny's Podcast the "limiting factor" to AGI is "human typing speed"—meaning humans reviewing AI output.
Why it matters: The ask is for less oversight. "Rebuild systems to let the agent be default useful" means AI validates its own work.
What to watch: Embiricos predicts productivity "hockey sticks" in 2026. The labs are setting the timeline. Regulators haven't been invited.
The EU spent three years requiring human oversight. OpenAI spent one podcast calling it the problem.
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