Researcher shows 4 mechanisms make perfect agent delegation impossible
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-20
Applied scientist Rex Douglass responds to Anthropic's claim that "people are bottlenecking agents," arguing perfect delegation is structurally impossible. His new talk lays out 4 mechanisms that prevent it, demonstrated via his agentic home Jarvis system, plus a case study building a homework tablet for his son.
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