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2026-08-09 17:34
A Philosophy for AI Agents
Skills and Character
When you hire a person, do you judge them on skills alone? Probably not. You care whether they are kind, generous, patient, whether they will settle into the team. Someone too stubborn, too aggressive, too much of a taker gets passed over. In hiring, character weighs as much as skill.
What about AI agents? The world still picks them by benchmark scores, coding accu...