Karpathy's goal for agents: maximize how long they run without intervention. While individual speed is going up, "system" speed isn't (the false summit ⛰️). In ep 309 we talk about resolving this tension with Background Agents!

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309 - Background Agents - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast

Andrej Karpathy says the goal is to maximize how long an agent runs without your intervention. But there’s a false summit most teams hit first: individual speed goes up while system speed stalls,...

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