Howard Marks on

autonomy

3 quotes · May 2026

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  1. Marks argues AI differs from prior technologies by designing jobs autonomously rather than just doing assigned work.

    “AI, it's it's different. It's not just gonna do the job we used to do. It's gonna design new jobs. Mhmm. It's gonna assign new jobs.”

    21:20 · Oaktree · 26 May 2026 · permalink
  2. Marks argues AI differs from prior technologies by autonomously designing and assigning new work without instruction.

    “It's gonna take on work we didn't think it could do, and it and and it's gonna operate, at some point in time without instruction.”

    21:34 · Oaktree · 26 May 2026 · permalink
  3. Marks notes ChatGPT's new model helped design itself, which he finds unprecedented.

    “And in the write up for the for the model, they said, basically, in English, AI, the model helped us design the model.”

    21:49 · Oaktree · 26 May 2026 · permalink

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