Your Agent A/B Test Was Broken Before You Ran It
In parimutuel betting your own bet moves the odds you get, so you can't test a strategy against half your bankroll. Agents have the same problem, and almost nobody running an A/B test on one has noticed.
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A scheduled task is not a returning user
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Shortcut scored 5.9, Claude scored 5.5, both failed
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The 28,000 Jobs a Month Nobody Can Pin on AI
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