> AI agents suck. The idea does not suck. On paper it's great. Just tell an "agent" what you want and off it goes to get it. And it's possible. LLMs open the i

> AI agents suck. The idea does not suck. On paper it's great. Just tell an "agent" what you want and off it goes to get it. And it's possible. LLMs open the interface to search planning and selection algorithms that have been around for 40 years and are mature. You could have this tomorrow. The assumption is that people want it. Tech business has come a long way exploiting people's vices, specifically laziness of thought we call "convenience". But at heart, tech is still seen as a tool, to empower people, to give them agency. Agents subtract agency. > It's too early.... the big breakthrough. Hoping for progress against human psychology seems a fool's errand.