Rohan Paul argues AI agent coordination overhead must be priced
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Rohan Paul, writing on X, argues that Brooks's law applies to AI agents: each agent added opens new handoff paths, so coordination cost grows faster than headcount.
He says model costs fall every quarter but the overhead between people and agents does not. He argues a company harness should price that overhead and asks who will measure it first. The post is a single opinion with no data or named measurement method.
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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiXRohan Paul argues company harnesses must price agent coordination overheadAIRohan Paul says Brooks's law applies to agents, because each agent added opens new handoff paths and coordination grows faster than headcount. He argues model costs fall every quarter, but the overhead between people and agents does not. He says a company harness aims to price that overhead and asks who will measure it first.
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