Nat Lambert sides with Kevin Roose: agent discourse is way too hypey
natolambert · x · 2026-10-20
- AI2 researcher Nathan Lambert responded to NYT journalist Kevin Roose, saying he wouldn't use the same language but directionally agrees: the discourse around current AI agents is far too hypey.
- He advocates for a more grounded view of what today's agents can actually do.
Related event: Roose and Lambert clash over Hugging Face agent incident(5 posts)→
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