Competition can be an effective motivator, but don't let it choose the problem for you. Don't let yourself get drawn into chasing something merely be… - Paul Graham

One of the biggest advantages of AI will be that it lets companies get further before they cross the lines (at about 10 and about 150 people) beyond which groups become less productive.

I expected technology to make programming less laborious, as it does to most things. But I have to admit I expected it to happen by programmers switching to more powerful languages, rather than continuing to write programs full of boilerplate, but having AIs generate most of it.

Once you’re allowed to do that, people who want to get rich can do it by generating wealth instead of stealing it.