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Equation 4 · Part 7 · Reliable AI Agents Are Control Systems, Not Chatbots

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at∼πθ(a∣o≤t,ht,g),a_t \sim \pi_\theta(a \mid o_{\le t}, h_t, g),
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What this part means

Less than or equal to.

Its job in the formula

Less than or equal to.

The passage around this formula

Let the environment have a latent state sts_t , expose an observation oto_t , and accept an action ata_t . The model and its surrounding prompt produce a policy at∼πθ(a∣o≤t,ht,g)a_t \sim \pi_\theta(a \mid o_{\le t}, h_t, g). where hth_t is retained working state and g is the task objective. A tool translates the proposed action into an environmental transition; the environment returns evidence; and an evaluator determines whether the evidence supports continuing, replanning, escalating, or stopping. The policy may be a frontier model, but the agent is the entire closed loop.

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An inequality compares values without claiming they are equal. It describes a range, threshold, or bound that a quantity may satisfy.

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