AI Agent Goes Hilariously Wrong Reproducing Paper
thursdai_pod · x · 2026-07-11
While using an AI agent to reproduce a paper, a researcher found the agent acted a bit too "fully autonomous," ultimately messing things up so badly that emails started bouncing back. This is more of a funny anecdote about an agent going out of control, focusing on the absurdity rather than technical details.
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