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AI moves faster than it changes. Short notes on what landed this week, what it actually means, and a link to the source so you can disagree with me.

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July 2026

Jul 07, 2026

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An argument that 'agentic' has stopped meaning anything

The piece is unfair in places and right in the main: a term that covers both a retry loop and a multi-hour autonomous session is not carrying information any more. Proposes a taxonomy by failure mode rather than capability, which is the more useful cut.

@karpathy ↗

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