Research backs sequential execution over agent swarms, says dev: "there are no agents anyways"
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-14
Replying to @cantcomputer's swarm skepticism, @gerardsans seconded the point, saying the literature has confirmed it: marketing always oversells the narrative, and with current technology, well context-partitioned sequential execution is always superior.
His sharpest line: "There's no agents anyways. Just separate inference runs." Together the thread forms a notable industry pushback against multi-agent orchestration hype.
Related event: Developers Challenge Value of Agent Swarms, Favor Serial Execution(3 posts)→
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