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Oct 10, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Tian Yuandong: Co-Authoring a Paper with GPT-5 Made Me Realize My Job Could Vanish in 5 Years

Meta FAIR veteran and Recursive Superintelligence co-founder Tian Yuandong recounts his journey from AlexNet debates to Go AI, Coconut, and grokking research, revealing how co-authoring a paper with GPT-5 boosted efficiency 6-10x and led him to predict AI will replace researchers within five years, while arguing humans must still initiate and verify ideas.