AI agents are on the way. In these first few months of the year, there’s a wave of investment and excitement in this space, with autonomous assistants promising to take on more personal and professional tasks. From trading partners to science researchers, the applications are expansive. But there’s a critical gap between promise and performa

In the famous opening scene of Blade Runner, a character named Holden administers a fictional interpretation of the Turing test to gauge if Leon is a replicant (a humanoid robot). For the test, Holden tells Leon a story to elicit an emotional reaction. “You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down…you look