@addyosmani: Quality lives in the constraints you put around your agent. Autonomy is earned by passing verification loops. I like to…
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Addy Osmani shares a perspective on AI agent quality, emphasizing that autonomy should be earned through verification loops and constrained by human oversight.
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Quality lives in the constraints you put around your agent. Autonomy is earned by passing verification loops.
I like to think off it as high autonomy, gated autonomy & human as a must. https://t.co/GdolHC7E2b
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