AI Builders and the Grass-Is-Greener Problem

Key Info

The author observes that people building AI agents often wish they were AI researchers, while people working on regular products often wish they were working on agents — and this collective restlessness creates noise instead of focused work.

Highlights

• AI agent builders tend to envy AI researchers, while mainstream product teams envy agent builders.
• This widespread dissatisfaction causes people to chase perceived status rather than doing their actual work.
• The author argues teams should focus on the space they are actually in, not on where they wish they were.