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swyx @swyx
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 import
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THE BITTER LESSON APPLIED TO AGENTS (aka how to not be steamrolled by GPTNext) Ramp just hit a $13b valuation and "every surface of Ramp is infused with AI" TL;DR of @rahulgs' very well constructed @aidotengineer talk as a syllogism 1. systems that scale with compute beat systems that don't 2. you should build systems such that they improve with more compute 3. exponentials are rare: when you find one, -actually- hop on for the ride (instead of subconsciously fighting it out of habit/fear) 4. therefore allow the agent to flex tools and self augment/improve rather than constrain it has everything: single message, real life usecase from a major company, and LIVE DEMO (on conference wifi lol) do not miss