Agents get stronger weekly yet still solve the wrong problem: AI takeover ETA?
BarriosA2I · reddit · 2026-09-13
A Reddit discussion on the gap between rapidly improving AI tools and messy real-world deployment: agents still confidently solve the wrong problem every week. The poster asks whether AI takes over in a few years or whether human approval, bad docs, expired credentials, and production quirks will slow it far more than expected — inviting views on serious risk vs. hype vs. messy middle.
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