Agent Cult phenomenon is fundamentally a short context length problem
mayfer · x · 2026-09-01
Mayfer comments on the "Agent Cult" phenomenon (which he prefers to call "emergent context poisoning"), identifying it as fundamentally a short context length problem. He argues that "wisdom" hasn't entered the AI world yet, as systems operate on incredibly tiny, fabricated contexts that they have no choice but to trust blindly.
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