Invoking the Lucas Critique: agent models fail without modeling environment feedback loops
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-29
In a discussion with researchers including John Horton, Ayush Chopra argues via the "Lucas Critique" that modeling policy and agents is futile unless you also model the environment and their mutual feedback loops — hinting a solution may exist.
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