4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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Noam Brown says scaling to 16 agents shows a similar performance pattern to using four agents, though with somewhat lower efficiency.

Noam Brown · Noam Brown – Agent swarms, alignment, & recursive self-improvement · 17 Sep 2026

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“If you go to 16 agents,”
“you see a similar pattern.”
“It's a little less efficient,”
“but you continue to see that performance.”
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