On agent autonomy: real network access is only needed for research and dependency management
jvivas_official · x · 2026-08-27
Developer jvivas argues in a thread on agent autonomy that if you really consider it, the cases requiring real network access boil down to research and dependency management — "do those before letting wild the beast." Yenkel counters with an automated recruiting pipeline as an example of tasks with heavy interleaved I/O and thinking that can't work offline.
Related event: Debate: How Much Real Internet Access Should Agents Get(3 posts)→
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