Linear vs Exponential.

Old meta:

I work 6 hours I get $100
I work 12 hours I get $200

New meta:

I work 6 hours I get $10
I work 7 hours I get $1M

why?

We used to think intelligence can scale linearly, simply hiring more people, working more hours.

now you can scale Einstein level people, by deploying AI models

how do we observe it today?

• Work as a SWE? There is a risk even a $200 subscription can be better than you
• Work at Anthropic/OpenAI? Your salary is $300k - 2M

leverage.