{"slug": "quoting-greg-brockman", "title": "Quoting Greg Brockman", "summary": "OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman said that many people at OpenAI connect ChatGPT to Slack, but coworkers dislike being contacted by the AI for help with tasks, even if they would gladly help the human colleague directly. Brockman noted this shows people value human relationships and want AI to give time back or enhance time together, not become a layer separating people.", "body_md": "at openai, many people hook their chatgpt up to slack.\n\npeople really don't like when a coworker's chatgpt contacts them asking for help with a task, even when they'd be perfectly happy doing that same work if asked by that coworker.\n\nreinforces how much people care about human relationships and helping each other, and want AI to give time back — or enhance time together — rather than become a layer separating people.\n\n— [Greg Brockman](https://twitter.com/gdb/status/2083435180392673714), President and Co-Founder, OpenAI", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/quoting-greg-brockman", "canonical_source": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/1/greg-brockman/#atom-everything", "published_at": "2026-08-01 22:29:44+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-01 22:59:13.594580+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Greg Brockman", "OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "Slack"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/quoting-greg-brockman", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/quoting-greg-brockman.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/quoting-greg-brockman.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/quoting-greg-brockman.jsonld"}}