Nick Dobos Questions Dunbar’s Number for AI Agents
Prompt engineer Nick Dobos asks which requires less effort: 150 human ties or 150 coding agents.
Nick Dobos, a prompt engineer at The Browser Company and creator of Grimoire, posted the question on X. He asked whether Dunbar’s number runs higher for humans or coding agents. The post presents a direct choice between sustaining meaningful connections with 150 humans and micromanaging a swarm of 150 coding agents, then asks which option feels easier or less cognitively demanding.
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Nick Dobos Questions Dunbar’s Number for AI Agents
Prompt engineer Nick Dobos asks which requires less effort: 150 human ties or 150 coding agents.
Nick Dobos, a prompt engineer at The Browser Company and creator of Grimoire, posted the question on X. He asked whether Dunbar’s number runs higher for humans or coding agents. The post presents a direct choice between sustaining meaningful connections with 150 humans and micromanaging a swarm of 150 coding agents, then asks which option feels easier or less cognitively demanding.
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Nick Dobos@NickADobosIs Dunbar’s number higher for Humans or Coding Agents? If you had to have meaningful connections with 150 humans or micromanage a swarm of 150 coding agents, which one is easier or less cognitively demanding?
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ND Nick Dobos@NickADobosCould you scale up to manage bigger numbers? Of both? Which one can go bigger? A human company or an agent swarm?
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