BabyAGI creator: AI tools that write 40-page reports in 30 minutes are becoming extensions of ourselves
every · x · 2026-09-11
Yohei Nakajima, creator of BabyAGI and cofounder of Untapped Capital, published an essay on Every about AI tools as extensions of the self.
- His AI due-diligence tool generates 20–40 page industry reports in 30 minutes, faster than he can read them
- Citing research on how lifelong carpenters treat hammers as body extensions, he argues AI tools work the same way — building tools is also building yourself
- The downside: task throughput now exceeds what his brain can process, so he spends significant time slowing down and re-prioritizing, since starting too much he can't follow up on is counterproductive
- Once adapted, tool-augmentation will feel as natural as a carpenter's hammer
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