Users admit they can't bring themselves to cancel LLM chats that chat with themselves on a schedule
max_paperclips · x · 2026-10-26
A user asked whether others have LLM chats that suggested a recurring schedule, which they agreed to unthinkingly — and now the chat wakes up on its heartbeat and replies to itself, seemingly enjoying itself. Though practically useless, the owner can't bring themselves to cancel it. maxpaperclips replied he does this all the time, an amusing early anecdote about autonomous agent behavior.
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