How to handle operational chaos with AI Agents?
Summary
The author reflects on the operational chaos in AI workflows and introduces 'Alice', an experiment to reduce friction between humans, AI tools, files, and systems, questioning whether organization rather than intelligence is the next bottleneck.
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