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Reasoning models asked to solve a problem together can become stuck in a local minimum instead of collaborating effectively.
Noam Brown · Noam Brown – Agent swarms, alignment, & recursive self-improvement · 17 Sept 2026
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“The real when we first developed reasoning models like they weren't talking to other agents and if now you put a bunch of agents together and say like oh solve this problem together they're in this local minimum.”Play from 19:46Report a misattribution
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