A blunt rebuttal says autonomous agents are being oversold for long-horizon hacking tasks
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-25
A repost of a sharp reaction to the idea of asking agents to handle long-horizon hacking tasks autonomously.
The quoted line calls the hype around autonomous agents “an enormous pile of horse shit,” turning it into a blunt counterpoint to the current agent enthusiasm.
This is not a technical benchmark or product launch, but it is a real debate about what agents can and cannot do in practice.
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