A supervisor or "manager" Al agent is the wrong way to control Al

March 23, 2026

Here's something that might surprise you — adding more AI agents on top of existing ones isn't the fix for errors. According to /u/ColdPlankton9273 on Reddit, companies are trying to reduce AI mistakes by layering supervisor or judge AIs, but it’s like wrapping yourself in a wet blanket and then piling more on — you're just delaying the inevitable, not solving the core issue. What they overlook is that this approach wastes resources and only masks the problem temporarily, like trying to heat yourself with more blankets when you're actually freezing. Instead, what’s needed, as ColdPlankton points out, are hybrid solutions combining AI with traditional software that can actually deliver true, reliable determinism. So, the real breakthrough isn’t more layers of AI judgment, but smarter, more integrated systems that understand their limits — and that’s the future to watch for.

I keep seeing more and more companies say that they're going to reduce hallucination and drift and mistakes made by Al by adding supervisor or manager Al on top of them that will review everything that those Al agents are doing.

that seems to be the way.

another thing I'm seeing is adding multiple Al judges to evaluate the output and those companies are running around touting their low percentage false positives or mistakes

adding additional Al agents on top of Al agents reduce mistakes is like wrapping yourself in a wet blanket and then adding more with blankets to keep you warm when you're freezing.

you will freeze, it will just take longer, and it's going to use a lot of blankets.

I don't understand. the blind warship of pure Al solutions. we have software that can achieve determinism. we know this.

hybrid solutions between Al and software is the only way forward

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