Adversarial work means demand for frontier intelligence never scales down
abhiadesai · x · 2026-10-10
Pushing back on the "most people don't need frontier intelligence" take, the author argues that mid-level and above jobs involve extracting value from adversarial parties — two big law firms in litigation, or opposing investment bankers in a negotiation. If your adversary has better intelligence, you'll likely concede more. Hence continued demand for frontier tokens, echoing the quoted post's stance that smarter models, not training, solve adoption bottlenecks.
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