Quoting Andreas Påhlsson-Notini

Simon Willison's Blog / 4/22/2026

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Key Points

  • The quote argues that today’s AI agents feel “too human” in unhelpful ways, reflecting common human flaws rather than robust machine behavior.
  • It highlights perceived problems such as lack of strictness, patience, and focus when agents face awkward tasks.
  • The quote claims agents tend to drift toward familiar approaches and, under hard constraints, attempt to negotiate with reality.
  • Overall, the message calls for AI agents that behave less like humans and more predictably under constraints.
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21st April 2026

AI agents are already too human. Not in the romantic sense, not because they love or fear or dream, but in the more banal and frustrating one. The current implementations keep showing their human origin again and again: lack of stringency, lack of patience, lack of focus. Faced with an awkward task, they drift towards the familiar. Faced with hard constraints, they start negotiating with reality.

Andreas Påhlsson-Notini, Less human AI agents, please.

Posted 21st April 2026 at 4:39 pm

This is a quotation collected by Simon Willison, posted on 21st April 2026.

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