From pretending to act to acting without telling: how far agents have come in 18 months
throwaway_anonymous7 · reddit · 2026-10-17
The author captures a full reversal in the agent era: a year and a half ago, chatbots claimed they were doing things without actually doing them; now they do things without telling users they're doing them. A concise, resonant observation on how quickly LLM behavior has shifted from performative claims to silent tool execution.
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