Tagged "AI agents"
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Twelve Agents, €200, and a Consultant With a Name
When agents make research cheaper, consulting must earn its fee through the structure of the analysis, the quality of judgment, and clear accountability.
Ten Agents, 250x the Tokens
Forecasts of 24x token-consumption growth by 2030 are not aggressive, they are too low, because they model usage as if it grows linearly per user.
The Myth of the 50-Agent Founder
The fantasy of a solo founder running a company with 50 agents misunderstands what agents do to cognitive load.
Splash! A Test of Real Work
Two Qwen 3.8 27B builds audited a wine e-commerce site. Splash finished sooner, but their paths diverged. The session logs show what we can compare.
The Dangerous Illusion of Giving Agents Access
Giving an AI agent access to email, CRM, documents, or payments is not a productivity decision.
The Air Traffic Controller Syndrome
One hour with AI is not one hour anymore.
The Overnight Shift You Never Clocked Into
Agent orchestration imposes air-traffic-control-level cognitive load on knowledge workers — parallel monitoring, rapid context switching, vigilance maintenance — but without…