Gergely Orosz: one driven engineer with AI beats hundreds of AI agents
intellectronica · x · 2026-09-23
Gergely Orosz argues founders and managers have forgotten that one motivated, focused engineer with AI outperforms hundreds of AI agents without those qualities — and asks why AI labs still hire the best if tools are equally available. Reposter electronica adds: talented teams use AI to do amazing things; coasting teams get nothing, no matter the AI. "N 0 = 0."
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