AnalysisPolicySeptember 13, 2026

Essay questions whether agent models' priors are aligned to experts

A software engineer argues agent builders can't evaluate risks in domains outside their own expertise, so they rely on model priors that experts already see as flawed. Cites "slop" like isRecord checks and defensive exception handling as behaviors non-expert raters rewarded during training.

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