Agents are so effective that describing the problem to a coworker so they can help is often not worth it.

· Bits and Bobs 5/11/26
  • Agents are so effective that describing the problem to a coworker so they can help is often not worth it.
    • Before agents, even though it would take a ton of time to hand-off, it was still the only way to get leverage.
    • To distill it enough to hand it off to a human requires specifying in inverse proportion to the capability and alignment of the counterpart.
    • Hand-offs are also largely constrained by the patience and ability of the receiver to receive an infodump.
    • LLMs are extraordinary at receiving infodumps.
    • Orders of magnitude better than all but the most curious and motivated humans.