I think the economic value of long-term agents will be greater than that of agents without such skills, similarly to how an employee who can effectively work towards long-term goals coherently is more economically valuable than an employe that can’t.
I think short-term agentic skills are a subset of long-term agentic skills.
I also object to putting long-term agentic coherence at odds with controllability and direct usefulness. As a thought experiment, imagine two employees: one known to be good at short-term work and one known to be good at long-term work. Who would be more useful? Who would you expect to stay on-task better (1)?
I fear the financial incentives are such that long-term coherent agents are inevitable and will be worked towards at speed.
(1) using “staying on task” as a stand in for controllability.
I think the economic value of long-term agents will be greater than that of agents without such skills, similarly to how an employee who can effectively work towards long-term goals coherently is more economically valuable than an employe that can’t.
I think short-term agentic skills are a subset of long-term agentic skills.
I also object to putting long-term agentic coherence at odds with controllability and direct usefulness. As a thought experiment, imagine two employees: one known to be good at short-term work and one known to be good at long-term work. Who would be more useful? Who would you expect to stay on-task better (1)?
I fear the financial incentives are such that long-term coherent agents are inevitable and will be worked towards at speed.
(1) using “staying on task” as a stand in for controllability.