"This year, AI agents have been at the forefront of tech companies' ambitions. OpenAI's Sam Altman has often talked about a possible billion-dollar company being spun up with just one human and an army of AI agents. And so last summer, journalist Evan Ratliff decided to try to become that unicorn himself-by creating HarumoAI, a small startup that's made up of AI employees and executives."
"Lauren Goode: Yeah. It was so fantastic that I had a hard time coming back, honestly. And I saw a lot of really beautiful art. I was in Italy. Not a bad place to go for vacation, I have to say. I've heard this before, I confirmed it. And after seeing so much incredible art and just people doing stuff with their hands and tangible goods, I was like, "I don't want to go back to the world of AI.""
A small startup called HarumoAI was created, composed of AI employees and executives to explore claims that a single human plus AI agents could run a company. The project tested agent capabilities across tasks, coordination, and management responsibilities. Findings indicate agents can handle specific functions but encounter reliability issues, hallucinations, and inconsistent judgment. Human oversight remains necessary for strategic decisions, quality control, and error correction. The effort highlights AI's potential to augment work while revealing current limitations that prevent fully agent-led operations.
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