Autoresearch agents get stuck in 'idea basins' — fork-and-flush offers a fix
menhguin · x · 2026-10-11
Do autoresearch agents keep exploring new approaches as runs get longer, or just refine early findings? Experiments show runs settle into distinct "idea basins" and stay there, endlessly refining.
The team introduces fork-and-flush, a simple intervention that forks parallel branches and periodically flushes the exploration to force agents out of their settled basins. Details in the linked thread.
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