Opinion: Humanized Agent Names are a Category Error
curious_vii · x · 2026-08-18
Critiquing the popular trend of naming agents like "Chief of Staff" or "Marketing Agent," the author labels this a "skeuomorphic category error."
He argues that AI interactions should be goal-oriented, not grounded in personas. Excessive role-playing may obscure the true nature of the task.
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