You can outsource thinking, but not understanding, in the age of agents
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-07-22
Agents and LLMs are still “dumb” in many situations, the post argues, because raw model power cannot replace real systems understanding.
The key claim is that a strong engineer with deep computer-systems knowledge can outperform someone with a far better model but no understanding. The takeaway: you can outsource thinking, but not understanding.
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