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Large agent systems require provenance and conflict management
Large agent systems require provenance and conflict management
Tan says that as agent systems accumulate large stores of information and instructions, they need provenance, recency-aware conflict resolution, and recurring validation to maintain accurate knowledge.
- Interview
- Garry Tan: New Rules for Founders
- Speaker
- Garry Tan
- Source timestamp
- 26:51
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