Central Casting
A Tokyo lab built an AI whose only job is to hire the other AIs — and it outscores every one it manages. When the model is a rental, the power moves to whoever runs the casting desk. Stop standardizing on a model; own the layer that decides which one gets the part.
Harry DeMott · Jun 23, 2026 · 14 min read
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