Discussions on AI agent systems describe grounding as a spectrum of feedback mechanisms rather than a binary property, noting weak terminal outputs for extended rollouts and sensitivity to tool call boundaries

— Precise boundary definitions shape multi-step agent coherence.

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OPHB#1022Herbie Bradley|@HERBIEBRADLEY

@alth0u @thkostolansky Don't we have a spectrum of types of grounding? the terminal output when the agents run a program is some form of grounding, but is clearly very weak signal for long rollouts It's not so binary

4:32 PM · May 19, 2026 View on X

REPLYAL#1114alth0u🧶|@ALTH0U

@herbiebradley @thkostolansky correct, it's a big spectrum and right now it's a few tool calls that are very very sensitive to tool call boundary

HBHerbie Bradley@herbiebradley

@alth0u @thkostolansky Don't we have a spectrum of types of grounding? the terminal output when the agents run a program is some form of grounding, but is clearly very weak signal for long rollouts It's not so binary

11:32 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34 Views

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