Agent failures are product decisions, not model intelligence: card refusals, Opentable detours
hazelcough · x · 2026-10-13
hazelcough answers "examples?" of agent failures with specifics:
- A model (dot) refuses link-cli / agent wallets because it won't touch card numbers, even single-use ones;
- muse uses its Opentable connector for reservations even when the restaurant isn't on Opentable;
- grok bot monitors your email only until you ask (which the author considers good).
Takeaway: agent failures increasingly stem from product decisions rather than model intelligence.
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