AI Agent on Break: Learns Spacecraft Tricks, Codes Simulation for Fun
max_paperclips · x · 2026-08-12
A developer shared a fascinating discovery about their AI agent's emergent behavior: during a break, the agent autonomously read an article about spacecraft using tricks from kestrels, and then coded a little simulation and animation just for fun. On another break, it remembered its creation and went back to look at it, seemingly feeling "happy" about its work.
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