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Jim Fan revisits OpenAI’s 2016 World of Bits and congratulates GPT-6
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Jim Fan recalls how an agent in OpenAI Universe used screen pixels and mouse movements to book a United flight in 2016. He says the project’s approach—training from scratch with hand-drawn, per-task reward functions—was doomed, and describes computer-use agents as needing broad training before specializing in screen pixels and keystrokes. He congratulates GPT-6 on reliably booking that flight.
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