Challenging the Hype: A Skeptic's View on AI Agents in 2025
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Summary
The article discusses the author's skepticism towards the hype surrounding AI agents in 2025 despite having built multiple successful agent systems. The author challenges the current narrative and explains why the hype is unrealistic.
Key quotes
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I've spent the last year building many different agent systems that actually work in production.
Here's why the current hype around autonomous agents is mathematically impossible.
What actually works in production.
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