Bindu Reddy: stop testing AI like humans with agency — they're tools we can unplug
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-04
Bindu Reddy argues the industry should stop evaluating AI models as if they were humans with agency.
In her view, models are fundamentally very smart tools steered by humans — and yes, we can pull the plug on any AI model or agent. The remark pushes back on the prevailing paradigm of benchmarking agents as autonomous beings.
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