Tomasz Tunguz · 8 September 2026 · Additional Read

Is the 3x AI Productivity Gain just a Computer that Never Sleeps?

Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Theory

OpenAI's claimed 3x productivity gain from AI agents may simply reflect running machines 24/7 while humans work 8 hours—costing $2.5M/year per researcher in inference costs, with a 50% defect rate requiring constant human oversight and debugging.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · Enterprise Software

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