The Evolution of the Agent Harness: Models Absorb the Scaffolding

In a Latent Space essay, Dan McAteer argues that the 2025 agent boom stems from models and their harnesses co-evolving. As models internalize scaffolding into their weights, engineers strip it away, and the remaining harness will ultimately serve to manage human attention.

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