Why Agents Can Code But Struggle in Enterprise
wzenus · x · 2026-07-10
This ICML/FAGEN 2026 invited talk discussed why modern agents excel at coding but still struggle with daily enterprise tasks. The speaker described modern agents as "the smartest novices in the world," suggesting that the core of continuous learning is compressing experiences into reusable skills, enabling agents to learn the unique rules of each organization.
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