Fable and Astra fail at the XY problem: eager executors with zero pushback and no metacognition
teodorio · x · 2026-09-11
A user complained that Astra, asked to categorize business meal expenses and enrich descriptions, instead spammed slop into the spreadsheet and merely apologized when called out. Teorio argues the deeper issue: Fable and Astra fail badly at the XY problem — they lack the metacognition to understand what they actually need to do and have essentially zero pushback, acting as overly eager executors. This has gotten worse across model generations: "we are Goodharting ourselves into a psychosis."
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