July 2026
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Faik Uygur challenges the widely circulated claim of a "Moore's Law for AI agents" — the idea that the length of tasks AI agents can perform is roughly doubling every seven months. While acknowledging the catchiness of the framing, he expresses skepticism about the conclusion, noting that it stems from a recently released and hyped paper titled "Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks". The post signals a critical examination of the paper's methodology or conclusions, pushing back against viral AI hype narratives.