import{c as e,Q as r,j as a,m as o}from"./chunks/framework.BPKcPtvA.js";const p=JSON.parse('{"title":"The Great Agent Debate","description":"","frontmatter":{},"headers":[],"relativePath":"modules/debate.md","filePath":"modules/debate.md","lastUpdated":1780488246000}'),i={name:"modules/debate.md"};function n(s,t,l,h,d,u){return r(),a("div",null,[...t[0]||(t[0]=[o('<h1 id="the-great-agent-debate" tabindex="-1">The Great Agent Debate <a class="header-anchor" href="#the-great-agent-debate" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;The Great Agent Debate&quot;">​</a></h1><p>Two opposing views from credible engineers. Both are essential context.</p><h2 id="armin-ronacher-—-building-pi-with-pi" tabindex="-1">Armin Ronacher — &quot;Building Pi With Pi&quot; <a class="header-anchor" href="#armin-ronacher-—-building-pi-with-pi" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Armin Ronacher — &quot;Building Pi With Pi&quot;&quot;">​</a></h2><p><strong>Who</strong>: Creator of Flask, Sentry co-founder, Pi maintainer.<br><strong>Post</strong>: <a href="https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/5/24/pi-oss/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lucumr.pocoo.org</a> (May 24, 2026)</p><p><strong>Key arguments</strong>:</p><ul><li>Pi is built with Pi (agents building agent tools)</li><li>The harness matters most</li><li>We&#39;re not at full autonomy yet</li><li>AI-generated PRs create new OSS maintenance burdens</li></ul><h2 id="george-hotz-—-the-eternal-sloptember" tabindex="-1">George Hotz — &quot;The Eternal Sloptember&quot; <a class="header-anchor" href="#george-hotz-—-the-eternal-sloptember" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;George Hotz — &quot;The Eternal Sloptember&quot;&quot;">​</a></h2><p><strong>Who</strong>: Founder of comma.ai, first iPhone jailbreaker.<br><strong>Post</strong>: <a href="https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/05/24/the-eternal-sloptember.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">geohot.github.io</a> (May 24, 2026)</p><p><strong>Key arguments</strong>:</p><ul><li>&quot;Agents cannot program&quot; — output is broken in increasingly hard-to-detect ways</li><li>It&#39;s not &quot;you&#39;re using it wrong&quot; — he tried all models, harnesses, prompts</li><li>Agents hurt large organizations more (slow feedback loops)</li><li>&quot;Golden era for slop, dark age for quality&quot;</li></ul><h2 id="the-synthesized-view" tabindex="-1">The Synthesized View <a class="header-anchor" href="#the-synthesized-view" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;The Synthesized View&quot;">​</a></h2><table tabindex="0"><thead><tr><th>Armin Says</th><th>George Says</th><th>We Teach</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Harness is the product</td><td>Output is slop</td><td>The harness catches slop (M3)</td></tr><tr><td>Not at dark factory yet</td><td>Agents can&#39;t program</td><td>Use agents for what they&#39;re good at (M1)</td></tr><tr><td>Built with Pi is real</td><td>Slot machine polish problem</td><td>Verifier finishes the polish (M3)</td></tr><tr><td>OSS maintenance is hard</td><td>Large orgs will suffer</td><td>Production patterns prevent this (M5)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Both are right. Agents produce slop. The harness, verification, and production patterns turn slop into shipped quality. Without the harness, Hotz wins.</p>',13)])])}const c=e(i,[["render",n]]);export{p as __pageData,c as default};
