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Bureaucracy

The work a group spends on holding itself together, which grows faster than the group: in public administration, corporations, and labs.

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  2. reviewAn Empire of PeopleEN中한

    Karen Hao's Empire of AI tells the story of OpenAI through its people. Gripping as reporting, and uneven where it argues.

    Research labsTechnology racesHubrisTraining dataCapital allocationBureaucracy

  3. noteSmall, focused, high-trust

    Altman wanted OpenAI to stay small. Every large group spends more of its work holding itself together, and AI may change that arithmetic.

    BureaucracyResearch labsEntrepreneurshipFuture of work

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