An AI agent tries to sell a driveway repaving with a slide deck
Flomerboy · x · 2026-07-29
An AI agent is asked to persuade its owner to pay for driveway repaving, and the preferred medium is a slide deck rather than a chat transcript.
The attached deck leans into the joke by framing a homeowner’s briefing, showing driveway area estimates, contractor quotes, and the argument that what you’re really buying is the structure underneath the asphalt. The broader point: as agents take on more complex work, they may need to communicate decisions in the right format, not just in chat.
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