'Smarts can be procured via API': mapping the lazy-clever officer matrix onto the AI era
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-27
teortaxesTex argues the key move now is to be even more ambitious and even lazier — smarts can be "procured via API" and your job is just to ask the model to figure everything out. The attached image cites General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord's 1930s 2x2 officer matrix: clever+lazy belongs in highest leadership, stupid+hardworking is dangerous. Implication: let the model supply the intelligence while you supply ambition.
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