A Loop Intelligence Hub guarantees the failure it claims to solve

Robert Glaser has a long post arguing that individual AI productivity gains do not become organisational gains, and that companies need a ‘Loop Intelligence Hub’ to capture which agentic workflows produce learning. The diagnosis is right. The fix would guarantee the failure it claims to solve. The article hit the front page of Hacker News, and the top-voted comment, from a developer called olsondv, refuted the proposal in real time. ‘There is simply no motivation to develop this sort of intelligence loop as a dev who has their own responsibilities which their job depend on. Management can ask as nicely as they want, but I’m not going to selflessly share my productivity gains with the broader company for free.’ A reply from ravenstine went further: in an employer’s market, treat your personal AI workflows as trade secrets. If they want them, they can pay for them. This is not cynicism. It is a rational read of the incentive structure inside every company that has started asking VPs how…

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