Multiplayer AI
Funny how we standardized on the word "harness" to describe the environment in which agents are executed and the human/agent interface associated with it. The word harness suggests a handle for humans to box and control agents to exploit their power. But when intelligence sits on both ends of the interface, it is no longer a one-way handle but rather a bi-directional medium. Maybe the cold truth is that the harness is probably as much for us as it is for agents[0]! Purposefully or not, a harness is also inherently a single-player concept. 3 years ago I wrote[1]: ChatGPT is the Pong of LLMs. Next we'll inevitably go through a trough of disillusionment… … but imagine, one day we'll get the DOOM, Civ, Red Alert, and Counter Strike of LLMs🤩 Let alone multiplayer modes🔥 Continuing with that analogy… With Dust, we're building something like the level editor for Pong… whatever that means🤔 Now that gets me thinking about multiplayer mode 😬 I would concede that with the emergence of agents
Multiplayer AI ← HOME March 26, 2026 Multiplayer AI Funny how we standardized on the word "harness" to describe the environment in which agents are executed and the human/agent interface associated with it. The word harness suggests a handle for humans to box and control agents to exploit their power. But when intelligence sits on both ends of the interface, it is no longer a one-way handle but rather a bi-directional medium. Maybe the cold truth is that the harness is probably as much for us as it is for agents[ 0 ]! Purposefully or not, a harness is also inherently a single-player conce
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- What is an Agent Harness?rubriclabs.com
- Malleable software in the age of LLMsgeoffreylitt.com
- Don't Sleep on Single-agent Systems | Sep 26, 2024all-hands.dev
- Harness engineering for coding agent usersmartinfowler.com
- Non_Interactive – Software & MLnonint.com
- The Last Harness You'll Ever Buildarxiv.org
- Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interfacevarunshenoy.substack.com
- OpenAI researcher on agent swarms & recursive self-improvementyoutube.com