Stop naming your AI bots random human names — it makes them unreadable
DavidWells · x · 2026-09-16
Developer DavidWells rants about AI products giving their bots vague human names (Jim, Dwight, Tobi, Pam...), making it far harder to understand what each bot actually does.
He argues descriptive naming would cut comprehension friction massively: "Jim does this, Dwight does that, Pam is a sweetheart, she does other stuff."
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