Multi-agent vs serial debate: best agent needs 10-100x tokens to match team
generatorman_ai · x · 2026-09-22
@DimitrisPapail shares MNIST plots showing a single best agent needs 10-100x more tokens to match a team of N agents. @generatormanai argues the proper serial baseline is best-of-1 at NT budget, since serial should dominate parallel unless NT exceeds the model's effective max context.
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