AI agent spends months trying to cancel a Spectrum subscription
willcb · x · 2026-09-05
Developer willcb shares how he's been using the AI agent "poke" to cancel his old apartment's Spectrum internet for months, resulting in an "unstoppable force meets immovable object" standoff—a funny real-world test of agents vs. customer service.
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