Grady Booch: 'Premature Agentization Is the Root of All Evil'
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-15
Software engineering pioneer Grady Booch quipped that "premature agentization is the root of all evil," a nod to Donald Knuth's famous line about premature optimization. It's a pointed critique of the industry's rush to agentify every workflow, resonating widely in AI circles.
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