As product managers, we constantly face adverse conditions like limited resources and customer problems, making high agency an essential trait.

High agency PMs take ownership, creatively execute through challenges, and demonstrate resilience, which differentiates them in their impact.

AI agents can help automate low-risk, high-impact tasks, allowing product managers to focus on more strategic aspects of their roles.

AI agents represent an opportunity to reclaim energy and focus in product management, allowing for deeper customer engagement and more enjoyable work.

AI agents can help product managers offload draining tasks, allowing them to focus on customer immersion, data analysis, and strategic thinking.

The founding spirit of OpenAI is focused on solving the safety problem associated with AGI, emphasizing that the greatest minds cannot solve it in isolation; they need to engage with reality and see how technology plays out in practice.

As a product manager, I learned that trying to do too much work myself can lead to frustration; it's important to give team members autonomy to excel in their roles.

Every human will become a product manager overseeing a team of AIs, making it crucial to plan for this future.

I think the biggest challenge for OpenAI over the next 12 months is doing the best research and productization of innovation.