FF/Etcetera

Brain Teaser

The Agent Delegation Dilemma

Nov 01, 2025

You manage three AI agents with different capabilities:

  • Agent A completes any task in 3 minutes but makes errors 10% of the time
  • Agent B completes any task in 6 minutes with 100% accuracy
  • Agent C can verify any completed task in 1 minute with perfect error detection

You have five identical critical tasks that must be completed with zero errors. What’s the most efficient strategy to complete all tasks?

Answer: Use Agent A for all tasks, then Agent C to verify each one. If Agent C finds an error, use Agent B to redo that specific task. Expected time: ~19 minutes (15 min for Agent A + 5 min verification + expect ~3 min for Agent B to redo the statistically likely error).