Agent Evals Are Still a Whack-a-Mole Game
maksym_andr · x · 2026-07-13
The author notes that their current approach to benchmarks and evals feels like a temporary "whack-a-mole" mode: patching things up with a new test or rule every time an issue pops up.
While manageable at current capability levels, they warn this method will fall short as agents grow more powerful, necessitating more systematic evaluation and constraint designs.
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