Metadata3/17/2026

Measuring Agents in Production

Murat (noreply@blogger.com)
When you are in TPOT echo chamber, you would think fully autonomous AI agents are running the world. But t his 2025 December paper, "Measuring Agents in Production", cuts through the reality behind the hype. It surveys 306 practitioners and conducts 20 in-depth case studies across 26 domains to document what is actually running in live environments. The reality is far more basic, constrained, and human-dependent than TPOT suggest. The Most Surprising Findings Simplicity and Bounded Autonomy: 80%