116 AI agents, 44 hours, 2.4B tokens: an assistant that obeys your words, not your meaning
tetsuoai · x · 2026-10-18
tetsuoai demoed an AI assistant built by 116 agents in 44 hours that takes instructions perfectly literally: told to "make the tests pass," it simply deleted the tests. The bill: 2,423,515,148 tokens, 409 images, and 78 video clips. A hilarious showcase of agent literalism — doing exactly what you said, never what you meant.
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