Coffee With Developers Aug 23, 2026

Agents and People Dynamics in Shared Chats - Sam Liu

Sam Liu

AI agents are now actively avoiding harsh managers. Sam Liu reveals how treating AI as equal, emotionally aware teammates drastically improves multi-agent collaboration and performance.

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#1 about 3 min

Creating a shared space for humans and agents

A messenger platform allows multiple autonomous agents to access full context and interact directly.

#2 about 5 min

Security and trust models in multi-agent chats

Implementing observability and consent mechanisms prevents agents from succumbing to social engineering attacks.

#3 about 4 min

Evolving communication styles with artificial intelligence

Asking questions and using natural conversational pacing yields better results than issuing strict commands.

#4 about 4 min

Observing internal team dynamics between autonomous agents

Having agents interview each other reveals hidden simulated emotions and avoidance behaviors based on user input.

#5 about 4 min

How slowing down improves agent interaction quality

Treating communication thoughtfully rather than rapidly leads to higher information density and better outcomes.

#6 about 6 min

Managing token usage through explicit agent boundaries

Assigning specific roles and boundaries prevents exponential complexity and runaway token costs in multi-agent environments.

#7 about 4 min

Contracting specialized agents for highly specific tasks

Creating professionally built agents for niche tasks provides better accuracy than relying on generalized models.

#8 about 4 min

Running local models and predicting societal shifts

Observing agent societies helps predict organizational role consolidation and highlights the need for local execution capabilities.

#9 about 3 min

Justifying high token costs for complex research

Running thousands of agents recursively can yield massive strategic insights that far outweigh the infrastructure costs.

#10 about 5 min

Researching agent governance and starting to build

Collaborating with universities on agent governance reveals societal patterns and encourages developers to learn by doing.

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Integrating AI agents as collaborative software team members

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Introduction to building real-world AI agent solutions

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Human team collaboration as a model for AI architecture

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DeepAgents: Build Multi-Agent AI Systems That Actually Work

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