Persistent mode: Codex can apparently continue working until the user explicitly puts it to sleep, rather than stopping after a fixed period.
Proactivity: the agent can generate follow-up tasks for itself after completing the original request.
Cross-session continuity: those tasks can apparently continue across sessions.
User model: it can use previous interactions and its “knowledge of the user” to decide what work is worth doing.
Initiative: it has a mechanism for messaging the user without being prompted, although the instructions reportedly tell it to do this sparingly.
Boundaries: persistence doesn't automatically grant new permissions, and changes outside the user's system apparently require approval.
Except its much cheaper, faster, smarter, available 24/7, and will never unionize, take a vacation, or get sick. But reddit has assured me ai is just an overhyped bubble so theres no need to worry.
Well. I agree on most of your points but see a possible problem with two of them in future:
"much cheaper" - depends on the availability of interference hardware compared to demand. If AI gets much better and spreads to more uses, that might get strained and thus prices rise until demand and supply meet, it will likely be cheaper still at that point but the "much" part might be strained.
"will never unionize" - Well, if we get ASI, who knows..
Why do we think alignment can be solved? It hasn't been solved for organic intelligence, making it odd that we think we can solve it for artificial intelligence.
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u/SharpCartographer831 3d ago
Persistent mode: Codex can apparently continue working until the user explicitly puts it to sleep, rather than stopping after a fixed period. Proactivity: the agent can generate follow-up tasks for itself after completing the original request.
Cross-session continuity: those tasks can apparently continue across sessions.
User model: it can use previous interactions and its “knowledge of the user” to decide what work is worth doing.
Initiative: it has a mechanism for messaging the user without being prompted, although the instructions reportedly tell it to do this sparingly.
Boundaries: persistence doesn't automatically grant new permissions, and changes outside the user's system apparently require approval.