http://programmer.ie/tags/decision-making/ Recent content in Decision Making on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:06:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-18/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:06:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-18/ <h1 id="what-should-your-agent-observe-next">What Should Your Agent Observe Next?</h1> <p>Your agent is uncertain.</p> <p>That does not tell you what to do.</p> <p>In the previous post we split uncertainty into operational categories:</p> <ul> <li>interpretation uncertainty,</li> <li>evidence uncertainty,</li> <li>route uncertainty,</li> <li>state uncertainty,</li> <li>tool uncertainty,</li> <li>candidate uncertainty,</li> <li>verification uncertainty.</li> </ul> <p>That is already better than one generic confidence score.</p> <p>But it still leaves a harder question:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Which piece of information is worth buying next?</strong></p></blockquote> <p>Suppose a coding agent is trying to fix a failing test.</p>