Agentic Coding Faces the Principal-Agent Problem
Despite reaching near-human capabilities, agentic coding still struggles with the fundamental principal-agent problem. AI agents often make foolish mistakes due to uncertainty about user intent, proving that increased capability does not equal perfect task delegation.
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