Simon Willison Says AI Agent Loops Are Becoming Obsolete

Simon Willison argues that AI agent loops are becoming obsolete as models natively handle long tasks. The looping mechanism is merely a temporary patch and is only useful when goals and exit conditions are explicitly clear.

2026-07-23 ~ 2026-07-23 · 2 related posts

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