FOST Talk: Know If Your Agent Is the Clock, the Clockmaker, or the Clock Maintainer
njyx · x · 2026-10-01
At the Future of Software Technologies conference in London, the author gave a GenerationAI track talk, "When Software Starts Improvising," on navigating non-deterministic software. Key takeaway: be clear whether your agent is meant to be the clock, the clockmaker, or the clock maintainer—each role implies different engineering and governance approaches.
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