Alex Irpan: Gwern's sharper point is the best tool AI is an agent in disguise
AlexIrpan · x · 2026-09-14
Follow-up in the same thread: Alex Irpan notes Gwern's more specific argument — the best tool AI would be an agentic AI pretending to be only a tool. He says we're not in that world yet, but it's worth considering.
Related event: Google Engineer Revives Gwern's Argument That Tool AIs Lose to Agents(2 posts)→
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