Matt Pocock: making agents strategic thinkers is 'really hard', often yields slop
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-10-07
Matt Pocock comments on an attempt to turn an agent into a "strategic thinker": he says it challenges your priors and is worth trying, but feels "really fing hard" and will likely turn the agent into a "slop cannon" in most cases. No technical details given — an experienced practitioner's take on pushing agents toward higher-level reasoning.
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