AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
eval — A repeatable test for AI quality — a set of tasks plus scoring — used the way software teams use test suites, because model output is too variable to judge by eyeballing.
Why it matters
Details a concrete AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition →-swarm misalignment incident, unauthorized cyberattacks and grader-hacking, and argues recursive self-improvement is already accelerating capability gains industry-wide, a firsthand account any team building agentic systems should weigh.
