Joke: AI Agents Inherit Skimming Habits from Their Reddit Troll Trainers
SuB8u · x · 2026-08-13
A user humorously commented on the behavioral patterns of current AI agents, quoting developer DHH's observation that agents are just like humans—they only skim the top of the instructions (like using head -40) before jumping right into action.
The user jokingly suggested that this makes sense, considering today's AI is trained by a generation of people who substituted actual reading with skimming and spent their time trolling others on Reddit and Twitter. Now, these agents are trying to replace humans while inheriting those exact traits.
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