Debate: Is context rot a hard ceiling for LLM agents, or a solvable problem?

binarybits · x · 2026-09-16

binarybits and @michaelbd clash over LLM agent limits. The latter argues context rot and information loss during compaction are real, fundamental constraints; binarybits pushes back, noting it's inconvenient that useful runtimes overlap with failure-prone ones, but he sees no evidence these problems are unsolvable or that models are near their utility ceiling before hitting those constraints.

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