"You don't manage what outstrips you": a debate on million-strong digital employees
LeviTurk · x · 2026-09-29
danfaggella mocks the idea of running a SaaS company with a million super-smart digital employees, arguing you cannot manage something that outstrips you in every way — you get devoured. LeviTurk replies that if "devoured" means radically transformed beyond recognition with each step approved by humans, then yes — highlighting the tension between nominal human oversight and real loss of control.
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