Story: a neurosurgery resident used an 18-line prompt to have AI prove the 22-year-old Crouzeix conjecture in about 16 hours — not one line says "you are an expert"
Line-by-line reading: what counts as done · no web search · several independent agents · mark dead ends blocked · an adversary throughout · a lead agent that synthesizes, challenges and reassigns
Six principles, mapped to software engineering (definition of done · branches · code review) and to a general commanding troops: AI is soldier and advisor, the human sets strategy and commands
Q&A: could a high-schooler copy it · defining the problem is the expert part · "hundreds of proofs" with nobody steering · monitoring a 16-hour run · ask for N agents and you get N · digital employees are polished one at a time
Take-away 5-line template (task · what counts as done · split the routes · fault-finder · you decide) + pricing and hiring examples · Homework: rewrite a recent AI question, run both versions, compare