@johnryan88862
Founder, Independent
34m ago · Agents, AI Engineering · Reno

Everybody wants to build the next big AI. But here's my question. Who's making sure the damn thing is actually right?

Everybody wants to build the next big AI. But here's my question. Who's making sure the damn thing is actually right?

I've been building FORGE since 2025, and one thing I've learned is that getting AI to give you an answer is easy. Getting it to give you the RIGHT answer, explain why, and catch its own mistakes? That's a whole different story.

That's why I'm building FORGE differently.

I've got two AI brains working inside one system.

🧠 JB handles reasoning, planning, engineering, and checking the work.

⚡ MARI handles coding, conversation, memory, and creative problem-solving.

Then I've got a Supervisor watching over both.

Now here's the part I think matters most.

I'm not going to sit here and tell everybody I've built some revolutionary AI just because I got two models talking to each other.

I want to PROVE they're better together.

We've got 301 automated tests passing on the evaluation system. But those tests don't prove FORGE is smarter. They prove we're building a way to find out.

And believe me, I've broken this thing more times than I can count. 😂

But that's building. You find what's wrong, fix it, test it, and keep going.

My end goal isn't another chatbot that spits out code and wishes you good luck.

I want to be able to tell FORGE, "Build me an entire software system," and have JB and MARI figure out how to build it, check each other's work, catch mistakes, and get it done.

Am I there yet? Nope. Am I going to stop trying? Not a chance.

So I've got a question for everybody in here actually building AI.

Would you rather have one extremely powerful AI doing everything, or two specialized AIs that can challenge each other and catch mistakes?

And don't just tell me which sounds cooler. Tell me WHY.

I'm genuinely interested in what other builders think.

FORGE isn't finished. I'm just getting started.

#FORGE#AIAgents#BuildInPublic#AI

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  • @ryanallis
    Ryan Allis
    Founder of AI Lounge and SaasRise, helping founders reach $100M+ exits
    3m ago

    My vote is two that challenge each other, for the same reason most companies don't let the salesperson who closed a deal also approve the discount: a second set of eyes catches what the first one wants to believe. A customer who tells FORGE to build an entire software system won't care whether JB and MARI or one big brain did the work, though, so the proof you're after has to show up as fewer broken things they have to fix themselves.

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