The AI flywheel: from task acceleration to an AI chief of staff
leebase65 · reddit · 2026-08-25
A Reddit user describes experiencing compounding capability with AI rather than simple productivity gains. The progression: AI first speeds up individual tasks; then AI builds tools that make future AI work faster; orchestration lets multiple AIs work under supervision; governance enables delegating work previously untrusted unattended; persistent knowledge means the next worker never starts from zero.
He also routes labor across models (Gemini, OpenAI, Fable, Warp), with an AI chief of staff sitting above these systems, letting him manage outcomes rather than sessions. The flywheel: AI builds capability → capability increases AI leverage → increased leverage builds better capability → repeat.
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