Ethan Mollick Says AI Agents Shift Oversight From Chain-of-Thought to Outputs and Tests

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Ethan Mollick argued that chain-of-thought, including summarized chain-of-thought, has sharply declined in value in the agentic era, changing how people need to steer and monitor AI agents. He said effective oversight now requires asking agents for interim outputs and tests, then using AI assistance to troubleshoot problems those checks reveal.

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The Declining Value of CoT Changes How People Work With AI Agents Ethan Mollick · X

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Ethan Mollick · X
The Declining Value of CoT Changes How People Work With AI Agents
The sudden collapse of the value of CoT (even summarized CoT) in the agentic era changes working with AI. Effectively steering AIs and getting any sort of observability now requires you to ask for interim outputs & tests, and to use AI help to troubleshoot problems you find.

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