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Ethan Mollick: Active management is key for AI agent success

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Ethan Mollick discusses the importance of actively managing AI agents during long-running tasks, particularly within environments like Codex and Code. He emphasizes that successful agent utilization requires continuous steering and interim reporting to maintain visibility and control over the process. Without such management, users may not be fully leveraging the capabilities of these agents. AI

IMPACT Effective AI agent management requires active steering and reporting for optimal performance in complex tasks.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing AI agent management.

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Ethan Mollick: Active management is key for AI agent success

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    A critical factor in using agents successfully in Codex and Code is deciding when & how to use these options as tasks run.

    A critical factor in using agents successfully in Codex and Code is deciding when & how to use these options as tasks run. If you are not steering long-running agentic work, then you probably aren't managing agents enough (or building interim reporting to give you visibility alo…

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