Mollick: you can't be in the loop for long-running agents, but you can oversee it
emollick · x · 2026-09-10
Adding to his thread on agent management, Ethan Mollick notes you can't be in the loop in a detailed way for complex long-running agentic tasks — but you can oversee the loop, echoing his point about interim reporting and choosing between mid-task instructions and queueing/forking.
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