Model vs harness: Simon's parable urges focus on interplay
rao2z · x · 2026-08-17
rao2z concludes his thread: we can argue endlessly whether complex behavior credits the ant/LLM or the beach/harness, but we should focus on the interplay between them, as Simon exhorts.
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