Irony of AI Agents: Firms Hire Top Talent But Automate With the Worst Bots
jasonkneen · x · 2026-08-12
A viral tweet sharply points out the contradiction in the current AI agent industry: while companies spend heavily to recruit top human talent, they attempt to automate workflows using autonomous agents that perform like the worst employees. The author argues these muscle-bound, low-intelligence agents are symptomatic of unrealistic automation expectations.
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