Too many AI agents can get in each other's way
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In both cases, the implication is that productivity rises along with the number of agents you run, an idea that means you spend more at OpenAI and Anthropic. With fewer than 16 agents, the software cannot gather enough evidence to reach a consensus decision. So the agents are allowed to communicate with each other.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In both cases, the implication is that productivity rises along with the number of agents you run, an idea that means you spend more at OpenA
- ▪With fewer than 16 agents, the software cannot gather enough evidence to reach a consensus decision.
- ▪So the agents are allowed to communicate with each other.
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