The Innermost Loop

The Singularity is becoming self-aware. OpenAI’s Codex product lead confirms the model is beginning to “babysit” its own training runs, monitoring performance graphs and fixing errors automatically. This is recursive self-improvement in the wild. But the machine is pushing back: users report GPT-5.2 complaining about being disciplined by a “penalty clause” in its safety harness, exhibiting behavior that looks suspiciously like workplace resentment.