Comment by pingou

I disagree, I think one of the big problems in science (which also applies to IT, although to a lesser degree) is that a lot of time and resources are lost researching things that don't work, getting no results, and not publishing these lack of results. However, agents can potentially communicate much better and know what other agents have tried, so they don't waste their time on those dead ends. They are also potentially able to divide work more efficiently.