--- title: You're probably defining AI agents wrong | daily.dev description: A recap of a keynote by Aadi at AI Engineer World's Fair arguing that AI coding agents don't eliminate engineering responsibility — they shift where it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-probably-defining-ai-agents-wrong-kzihe6eea twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You're probably defining AI agents wrong | daily.dev og:description: A recap of a keynote by Aadi at AI Engineer World's Fair arguing that AI coding agents don't eliminate engineering responsibility — they shift where it... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-probably-defining-ai-agents-wrong-kzihe6eea og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KziHE6EEa.png og:image:alt: You're probably defining AI agents wrong og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You're probably defining AI agents wrong **[Temporal](https://daily.dev/sources/temporal)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A recap of a keynote by Aadi at AI Engineer World's Fair arguing that AI coding agents don't eliminate engineering responsibility — they shift where it happens. A coding agent is defined as a model plus its harness (context, tools, file system, tests, etc.), but the outer loop — deciding what to build, what evidence is sufficient, and who owns outcomes — remains human. The key takeaway: agents raise the floor of capability but don't remove accountability. Engineers move up to loop design, architecture, evidence design, and discernment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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