The Grand Resign

The Grand Resign

Formal Models

"Hey GPT-5, you got this?"

Recursive self-improvement and declining human oversight

Aug 12, 2026
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A previous post explored a scenario where a company uses an AI agent to do a fairly simple task (like reviewing loan applications).

"Hey Claude, cover for me while I'm on break."

"Hey Claude, cover for me while I'm on break."

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Assume the AI makes some mistakes, yet we don’t know exactly how often. The company reviews the AI’s decisions, but human effort isn’t set-it-and-forget-it — we respond to incentives. So management offers bonuses for ev…

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