'You think your agents handle endless workloads? Try answering my mother's questions'
RylanSchaeffer · x · 2026-10-22
AI researcher Rylan Schaeffer mocks the hype around long-horizon agents: "for anyone who thinks their agents can handle intense never-ending workloads over long horizons, I want to see them try answering my mother's questions."
One line that nails a real gap: real-world tasks aren't clean benchmarks but vague, sprawling, open-ended daily questions — exactly what today's long-horizon agents are worst at.
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