Equation 37 · AI Feeds on the Distance Between an Intention and an Outcome
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The tool factor gives the map a second chance to be meaningful. Add one predeclared tool channel—a repository search index, a test-output view, or a static dependency browser—without changing the request or endpoint. The prediction is not “tools improve agents.” It is that the boundary of should move in a pattern tied to a named bottleneck: a search tool may expand deep multi-file conditions; a richer diagnostic may compress the apparent gap by eliminating false completion classes. If every tool merely shifts all cells uniformly, the language of niches adds very little to a simple resource-performance curve.
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