Lost in the Grid: Why AI Agents Still Can’t Spot the Impostor
Everyone wants autonomous AI agents now. Not assistants. Not copilots. Agents: systems that watch a situation, decide what matters, take action, coordinate with others, and notice when someone in the room is quietly working against the plan. A normal business version sounds less theatrical than a social-deduction game, but the structure is familiar. A workflow has goals. People and software components have partial information. Some signals are useful. Some are noise. Some actors may be careless, misaligned, or malicious. The agent is expected to keep moving, complete the job, and not be fooled by plausible behavior. ...