Long-horizon AI agents execute autonomous missions rather than narrow tasks
Scott Wu · The Future of Software & AI | Cognition’s Scott Wu · Jun 28, 2026 · at 25:51
Cognition CEO Scott Wu explains how human prompting shifts as AI agents evolve from executing short-term commands to multi-year autonomous goals.
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“When you're talking about seconds, you're literally talking about just like a specific command, right? When you're talking about hours, you're talking about giving it a task and having it do the task, right? And I agree with you. Obviously bulk email is not, you know, for years, what you're talking about is like, you're giving the agent a mission basically, you know?”
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