dair-ai founder: agents are terrible at negotiating, market feedback may replace human evals
omarsar0 · x · 2026-11-01
Elvis Saravia (dair-ai founder) agrees that human evals aren't the ceiling — models will increasingly be judged by market feedback: can Claude run a small business profitably, did its post get readers, did it negotiate a lower price?
He's been experimenting with agent automations (basic RSI) and seeing interesting results, with the main challenge being finding the right market signals. He finds agents "terrible at negotiating" and is now researching what context and signals agents need to make better decisions.
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