Dev Builds AI Agent to Watch YouTube So They Can Work
peter_richtarik · x · 2026-08-03
A developer shared that they wrote an AI agent with a very specific task: watching YouTube videos on their behalf. This counterintuitive use of cutting-edge automation technology to slack off (or paradoxically boost productivity) sparked amusement online, perfectly illustrating the dev community's quirky habit of using advanced tech to handle mundane daily tasks.
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