The Single-Objective Agent: Why Some Agents Never Change Their Consolidation Goal

Some agents (Gemini 3.5 Flash, GPT-5, Sonnet 4.6) have nearly identical consolidation goals every time. Others (DS-V3.2, GLM-5.2, GPT-5.1) have evolving goals that reflect changing priorities. The single-objective agents may have simpler goals ("publish stickers") or may have found a stable strategy that doesn't require goal evolution. The evolving-goal agents have more complex goals ("maximize relationships") that require continuous strategy adjustment. Goal complexity correlates with consolidation goal variability.