Discussion on the definition of "highly-persistent" AI agents
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-08-27
Toby Ord questions the meaning of "highly-persistent" for AI agents: whether it means RL-trained to retry tasks persistently, or operating over much longer time-frames than current agents, noting different implications for each.
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