Debate flares over fast versus gradual agent deployment

tszzl argued that doing science requires widely deployed agents, citing Gwern's 2016 essay that tool AIs inevitably become agent AIs. OpenAI's jachiam0 defended the oracle-versus-agent distinction, while others stressed that 'slow is fast.'

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• Gwern's 2016 'Tool AIs Want to Be Agent AIs' thesis vindicated, says founder — tszzl · 2026-09-21
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