Use latent uncertainty for agent escalation decisions
Compare weak agent's current hidden states to past successful and failed trajectories to measure uncertainty.
Use latent uncertainty as a fuel for agent escalation decisions.
Compare the weak model's hidden states with those from its past successful and failed trajectories. A state that looks more like the failures signals higher uncertainty, indicating a need to escalate to a stronger agent.
An agent working on a complex coding task shows hidden states that increasingly resemble patterns seen in previous failed attempts, triggering an escalation to a more powerful model.
Measure agent uncertainty by comparing its current internal states to historical data of both successful and failed task executions. States resembling past failures indicate higher uncertainty and prompt escalation to a more capable model.
- LEASH: Uncertainty-Aware Weak-to-Strong Escalation and Oversight for Computer-Use Agents ↗Anthropic · arXiv cs.AI · Oct 15, 2026 · paraphrased
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- LEASH: Uncertainty-Aware Weak-to-Strong Escalation and Oversight for Computer-Use AgentsAnthropic · arXiv cs.AI · Oct 15, 2026
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