OpenAI Employee Accidentally Reveals Timeline: Items Made Before 2028 May Retain Value Due to Non-Replicability

Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham shared a conversation with an OpenAI employee on X. He mentioned buying rare old items to hedge against AI risks, as AI can't go back in time to create them. The employee responded: "Anything made before 2028 will be valuable."

This implies that after 2028, AI will be able to create most things humans can. Thus, only items made before then will retain value due to non-replicability. Graham interpreted this as an accidental reveal of OpenAI's timeline, noting he doesn't focus on the exact year—just that the idea is interesting.