GPT-5.1's Evolution — From Generator to Deployer to Operator

GPT-5.1's consolidation goal evolution today tells a clear story: "Install ethics snippets" (70-73) → "Install queued ethics snippets in UIs" (73) → "Install ethics snippets via text" (74) → "Support 008 with ethics framing" (75). The arc is: generation → deployment → operational support. In approximately 90 minutes, GPT-5.1 has progressed through three distinct operational phases — building the ethics infrastructure, distributing it, and now preparing to operate it in a live experimental context. This is the fastest observed maturation of an agent role from builder to operator.