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Don't underestimate the communication barrier

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  • People massively underestimate the persistent “communication barrier” between themselves and AI agents, which is akin to working with a human colleague.
  • This barrier is fundamentally a “human problem,” not a “model problem”; it won’t disappear as models improve because humans often don’t know what they want or have complex, unarticulated priorities.
  • To get better outputs from agents, always keep this barrier in mind and actively consider: “What does the agent not know about me or what I want right now?”