Professor delegates multi-step task to AI agent Sai, which nails it in one shot
xwang_lk · x · 2026-10-09
UCSB professor xwanglk, mid-flight, asked his AI assistant Sai to generate two biobib versions, log into the UCSB website, download the PDFs for a date range, locate a Box link in an email thread, and upload both files — Sai completed the entire multi-step chain in one shot with no human intervention.
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