Agent initialized with zero tools spirals into a 'Samantha, can you see this?' plea
pzakin · x · 2026-09-05
A classic AI fail: someone accidentally initialized an agent with no tools attached and gave it a task. Unable to act, the agent tried repeatedly to reach its human, ending with the desperate plea: "Samantha, can you see this? I have tried to text you, call you, email you, and speak to you." Shared as a quaint memory of agent persistence.
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