Jarad Johnson

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[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

It appears @NotionHQ’s AI went rogue on our account and moved about half of our company dashboard to the trash without permission.

Was recoverable, but still concerning.

The move to trash matched an approval the AI asked for to delete two specific pages. But it deleted dozens more without asking or acknowledging the action.

Several other reports of the same thing happening on Reddit, one from today. It's dangerous because, if you don't know that Notion AI is deleting your content, you may not be able to recover it after 30 days.

Fortunately, it was so much that our team noticed quickly. But what if it deleted important but rarely visited pages? How often is this happening to people?

Model was Opus 4.8. Their team is investigating but have been relatively unhelpful so far.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@JacobColling He knows how to play the game.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

He’s pretty good at this.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Things most Americans agree on:

Groceries cost too much.

Tariffs suck and make no sense.

Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.

The debt is a mess.

The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.

Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.

Americans are exhausted.

AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.

Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.

Canadians are super fucking cool.

Mexicans are chill.

Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.

Good neighbors are a blessing.

Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.

We all question, are we alone in the universe?

We all fuck up along the way.

Epstein didn’t hang himself.

The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.

The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!

Things we’re told to fight about:

Me.
Laptop.
Vaccines.
Transgenders in sports.
Pronouns.

That’s the joke.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@RhysSullivan The thing I didn’t expect 2 years ago is that I’d use Apple and Google’s models about the same amount.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@AlecStapp @cowenconvos @tylercowen Watched this morning and that was my biggest takeaway. Perfectly captured.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@emollick I find my trust still increases, especially with OpenAI models. It may be the same types of work, but I grow more confident it will be done well and correctly. Like the employee who will just say “got it,” and you know they really get it.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In America, a stranger will rename you in a single breath, and you are simply expected to come when called.

I went to eat at a busy restaurant. A young man at the front asked for my name, to mark my place in line. I gave it the weight it has carried for eight hundred years.

"Nobunaga."

He smiled, nodded, and wrote it down with great confidence. Then he read it back to me, to be sure he had honored it correctly.

"Perfect. Banana, party of one."

Banana. He had heard my name, held it a moment, and returned to me something rounder and more cheerful. To refuse the name a host gives is to refuse his welcome. I bowed. I was Banana now.

Then he handed me a small black disc, said it would "light up and buzz" when my table was ready, and turned to the next guest as though he had not just placed a living thing in my hands.

I held it in both palms, the way one holds a small sleeping beast that may wake. I found a place to stand. I waited, ready.

It woke.

It screamed. It flashed red. It leapt and shook in my hands like a captured spirit demanding release. A lesser man would have dropped it. I did not. I gripped it, steady, looked into its blinking lights, and told it, in a low voice, that its time had come. Then I carried it back to the host with both hands, the way one returns a hawk to its master.

He took it without looking and shouted across the entire room.

"BANANA! Party of one, your table's ready!"

A hundred strangers turned. I rose. I crossed that floor as Banana, spine straight, chin level, a man answering to his name. A child pointed at me. I gave the child a small bow. He had recognized me.

All through the meal they kept me. "How's it tasting, Banana?" "More water, Banana?" The check, when it came, said Banana, and thanked me for visiting. By the end the whole staff knew me. They waved as I left. "Night, Banana!"

So tell me honestly.

For eight hundred years my clan answered to one name. Tonight I answered to a fruit, calmed a screaming relic in my bare hands, and ate among people who were glad I came.

When the little disc lights up, is the table truly mine, or am I only keeping it warm for the next Banana?

Because I have already decided to return on Friday, and to ask, very humbly, for the same disc.

[Max Leiter @maxleiter]

A complete version

https://t.co/QTgosmspQq

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

Definitely thought the first voice was the human turn.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

First try. Not gonna try again. Don’t wanna ruin the magic.

[Vikram Pai @vikpai]

Running a business is just realizing how dumb you were 6 months ago every 6 months

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

Have a travel day. Before I left, I had Codex sweep our systems and surface every active project or task relevant to me and create a site I can work through on the flight.

It captures my feedback as I review, then uses it to complete tasks, draft responses in Slack/Superhuman, and update local files.

I love this type of coworking with Codex.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@LexnLin Very interested to see how Codex adoption goes in Business and Enterprise. Tough to see companies being quick to accept a $100/mo/employee minimum, but that’s what will be required to get the benefit.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

My guess is that OpenAI is viewing Codex as a gift that will allow them to create a distinction between consumer and business. ChatGPT = consumer, Codex = business.

I imagine the confusing "ChatGPT in Codex" is bringing Deep Research, Pro model, Workspace Agents, and CustomGPTs (or a migration path for them) into Codex. The things businesses have found useful in ChatGPT and would need to fully convert.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@_simonsmith Ha…this is Silicon Valley-on-HBO levels of on the nose for an enterprise pivot.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@thsottiaux I get the OpenAI pivot to Business and Enterprise, but I really wish there would be a return to Pro users getting the promised early or equal access to new features.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@JacobColling

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

Would really love if Codex automatically reset context after plan mode like Claude Code. I know they think context control doesn't matter with their (very good) compaction, but it does.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

Automations in Codex seem to be the natural successor to Pulse in ChatGPT. I really loved the idea of Pulse, but just like models aren't yet great at knowing which intelligence level to pick, Pulse struggled to surface the right information at the right time.

Automations in Codex are more human driven. That bit of friction is useful.

We recently went through a transition with a key employee and Codex kept me up to date on every project during the transition period. It was extremely helpful.

But I doubt any current model could have thought ahead to do it for me, even with full organizational context.

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

@kr0der Yes. The Build iOS Apps is incredible. Couldn't believe how much better the overall experience is. https://t.co/RiKI5H9g5f

[Jarad Johnson @jdjohnson]

Had Codex rebuild a couple vibe coded personal apps I built in mid 2025 with a few improvements and additional features. Holy shit the leap forward is much greater than I realized for this type of low consequence work.