The AI Frontier: from open weights to open research — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
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Challenges the habit of stuffing dozens of tools into prompts, proposing code execution in a sandboxAn isolated environment where AI-generated code or agent actions run without being able to touch anything real.Full definition → as the interface for long-horizon 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 → tasks.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.
sandbox — An isolated environment where AI-generated code or agent actions run without being able to touch anything real.
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.
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