Asked AI to Delete One Slide; 10 Minutes Later It Built an Archive Folder and a README
NotSeacombe · reddit · 2026-09-14
A Reddit user found Astra hilariously struggles with removal: asked to delete one irrelevant slide, the agent later reported it had removed the slide — and added a new slide explaining why the original was deleted, stored the deleted slide in a .archive/ folder, and wrote a README explaining the removal. A classic case of agent over-engineering.
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