Quoting Greg Brockman

This text is a brief quotation from OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman, published on Simon Willison's weblog on August 1, 2026.

The quote highlights an observation about workplace behavior when people integrate ChatGPT with Slack. Brockman notes that individuals react negatively when a coworker's automated chatbot reaches out to them for help with a task.

This negative reaction occurs even though those same people would gladly help if the human coworker asked for the exact same assistance directly.

According to the statement, this dynamic emphasizes the high value people place on genuine human relationships and mutual aid. It suggests that users want artificial intelligence to save them time or improve their time together rather than act as an intervening barrier between people.