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Noam Brown predicts autonomy horizons will become unmeasurable

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OpenAI's Noam Brown predicted that by year end autonomy horizons will be so unbounded that measuring them becomes the main challenge.

Reporting date: 2026-02-08 (not necessarily the event date)

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Noam Brown predicts autonomy horizons will become unmeasurable
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Reporting date: 2026-02-08
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-08-horizons-become-unmeasurable
Claim: OpenAI's Noam Brown predicted that by year end autonomy horizons will be so unbounded that measuring them becomes the main challenge.
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- Welcome to February 8, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-8-2026
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