Beyond task completion: measuring an AI agent's judgment on which experiments to abandon
VraserX · x · 2026-09-11
Reacting to OpenAI's research-intern milestone, the author argues we should measure agents beyond completed tasks: show the experiments an agent advised against, and those it abandoned for good reasons. Saving a researcher six months on a bad idea would be an impressive form of intelligence.
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