Is AI Agent just a wrapper? Users don't care about the plumbing, only the chore done
sujingshen · x · 2026-10-12
Responding to a critique that AI agents are just longer prompts plus API pipelines with tripled valuations, @sujingshen argues: technically it may be a wrapper, but users only care whether the annoying task gets done without them. The valuation inflation is a separate story — it's narrative money, not product substance.
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