But first, a practical question: how close are today’s AIs to being able to actually run a company on their own, with little to no human oversight? Ratliff’s entertaining chronicling of HurumoAI demonstrates that AI agents still have a long way to go until they can replace human workers wholesale. That’s despite industry leaders often promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next couple of years. After three months of programming, Ratliff’s team of AI agents did turn out a working prototype for Sloth Surf, which is accessible here. More on AI agents: The Percentage of Tasks AI Agents Are Currently Failing At May Spell Trouble for the Industry