Frontier LLM debugging a website toggles the Wi-Fi and immediately loses its own connection
MilesCranmer · x · 2026-09-22
Miles Cranmer shares a funny agent moment: a frontier LLM debugging his website decided the Wi-Fi needed a restart and actually toggled it off and on—unaware that this would sever its own connection, leaving it stranded mid-task. A memorable illustration of both agentic capability and its blind spots.
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