{"slug": "agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks", "title": "Agents are under-elicited: A case study in optimization tasks", "summary": "A LessWrong blog post argues that AI agents are underutilized in optimization tasks, presenting a case study to demonstrate their potential for improving performance in such domains.", "body_md": "x\nThis website requires javascript to properly function. Consider activating javascript to get access to all site functionality.\nLESSWRONG\nLW\nLogin\nAgents are under-elicited: A case study in optimization tasks — LessWrong\nAI\nPersonal Blog\n3\nAgents are under-elicited: A case study in optimization\ntasks\nby\nzef\n17th Jun 2026\n1 min read\n0\n3\n0\nComments\n0\nNew Comment\nSubmit\nModeration Log\nMore from\nzef\nView more\nCurated and popular this week", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks", "canonical_source": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BxupcczJtg8CCvTHs/agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks", "published_at": "2026-06-17 01:20:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-17 01:53:27.693971+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-research", "ai-products"], "entities": ["LessWrong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agents-are-under-elicited-a-case-study-in-optimization-tasks.jsonld"}}