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AI Systems, Week 2: How much does the interface shape the model?

Week 2 of AI Systems: Models, Harnesses and Agents. Why two tools that can make the same edit can set a model very different problems: tool contracts, trajectories, the failure points in tool use, capability versus elicitation, and why the error a tool returns is half the interface.

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Week 2 of AI Systems: Models, Harnesses and Agents. Why two tools that can make the same edit can set a model very different problems: tool contracts, trajectories, the failure points in tool use, capability versus elicitation, and why the error a tool returns is half the interface.