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Shaving trees into toothpicks
I read a post about a new wave of agentic capabilities in AI1 — that’s where a system can operate autonomously — and I’ve been thinking about it for the last two days. The article has been viewed about 75MM times so it’s safe to say it struck a nerve.
In it, the author, Matt Shumer (CEO of HyperwriteAI) paints a pretty bleak pict...
Published on February 12, 2026 11:52