On the “tool vs agent” debate in AI. Are they mutually exclusive?
“4. Scientists and engineers often serve as "tools" for leaders, even though they (we) are more intelligent than these leaders in many of the ways that matter.”
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X is not the best place for long form thinking. But some quick points: 1. My view of no conflict between intelligence and being a tool is longstanding and has nothing to do with Anthropic. Some blog posts on this include windowsontheory.org/2025/06/24/mac… and windowsontheory.org/2022/11/22/ai-… 2. I