Parallelizing millions of agents isn't RSI: speed-ups are just constant factors, argues thread
gleech · x · 2026-09-23
A debate on whether parallelizing millions of agents constitutes RSI: maksymandr argues speed matters and massive parallelism may be how RSI unfolds. gleech counters that RSI means progress raising the rate of progress; a swarm only divides time-to-result by a constant, growing it yields diminishing returns, so parallelism is a weak route — real acceleration needs better agents. He concedes collaboration could raise a swarm's ceiling but notes no evidence yet and heavy communication overhead.
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