Harness over new models: Turing Post video on closing the capabilities overhang hits 60k views
TheTuringPost · x · 2026-10-20
Turing Post published "Better AI Agents Without a New Model." After emceeing AI Engineer New York, the author made a video on agent harnesses that unexpectedly trended past 60,000 views, drawing many comments from developers who improved agents without touching the model.
Key arguments:
- Some practitioners add to the harness, others strip it down — both approaches work, showing we're still discovering what current models can do.
- The piece revisits capabilities overhang: the gap between what a model can do and what we've figured out how to make it do, arguing closing that gap matters more than waiting for the next model.
- The video, titled "THE HARNESS IS DEAD?", aggregates divergent harness takes from the conference.
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