AI Debugging Runs 1,000 Commands; Humans Grab a Coffee Instead

A Google researcher observes that when stuck debugging, models run about 1,000 commands—half of them custom scripts—checking everything exhaustively, while humans step away for a coffee and often do just as well.

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