Agentic systems need better evals, and a new “Agent Quality Engineer” role
hwchase17 · x · 2026-07-27
A quoted blog post says agentic systems come with a long list of design choices, and that evals have to improve whenever the underlying intelligence improves.
The author also predicts a new job category will emerge: “Agent Quality Engineer.” The piece argues that future companies will either use AI to run critical parts of the business or as part of what they sell to customers, which makes generic intelligence a core operating layer.
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