Debate: Is Context Rot a Hard Ceiling for Long-Running LLM Agents?

Timothy Lee and Michael BitSet clash over whether LLM agents can handle long-horizon autonomous work, with BitSet arguing context rot and compression losses are fundamental constraints on the paradigm.

2026-09-16 ~ 2026-09-16 · 2 related posts

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