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Oct 19, 2026 13 min

Agents that think in numbers, not words

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Together AI's agents reason in latent vectors and switch to text only to act, and readers call it the Most Forbidden Technique. Also a Git hook that quizzes you on your AI's code, a drill-powered push scooter, the Timothy Leary prank behind the cyberspace trademark legend, and a free ESP32 emulator that boots Linux in a browser tab. Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space (HN discussion) Sphinx, a Git hook that quizzes you on your AI's code (HN discussion) A push scooter electrified with a power drill (HN discussion) William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace (HN discussion) Esp32sim runs ESP32 firmware in the browser (HN discussion) Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:52) 1. Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space (02:18) 1. Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space: HN comments (04:00) 2. Sphinx, a Git hook that quizzes you on your AI's code (05:30) 2. Sphinx, a Git hook that quizzes you on your AI's code: HN comments (06:24) 3. A push scooter electrified with a power drill (07:39) 3. A push scooter electrified with a power drill: HN comments (08:20) 4. William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace (09:36) 4. William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace: HN comments (10:43) 5. Esp32sim runs ESP32 firmware in the browser (12:02) 5. Esp32sim runs ESP32 firmware in the browser: HN comments (12:52) Wrap-up

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:52 1. Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space
  3. 2:18 1. Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space: HN comments
  4. 4:00 2. Sphinx, a Git hook that quizzes you on your AI's code
  5. 5:30 2. Sphinx, a Git hook that quizzes you on your AI's code: HN comments
  6. 6:24 3. A push scooter electrified with a power drill
  7. 7:39 3. A push scooter electrified with a power drill: HN comments
  8. 8:20 4. William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace
  9. 9:36 4. William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace: HN comments
  10. 10:43 5. Esp32sim runs ESP32 firmware in the browser
  11. 12:02 5. Esp32sim runs ESP32 firmware in the browser: HN comments
  12. 12:52 Wrap-up

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