When AI makes one step 10x faster, the queue behind it becomes the bottleneck
AnneliesGamble · x · 2026-09-15
A counterintuitive point: when AI makes one step 10x faster, the queue behind it doesn't vanish — more designs waiting for testing or more orders waiting for production can render that 10x gain far less meaningful. Local speedups only translate into output if downstream bottlenecks are addressed.
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