It cost HOW many tokens to fix that typo?
AI agrees. AI does not ask. Exactly one thing gets through. But it can cost you. (NOTE: To protect the work output, I've given my AI assistant a persona, "AI Chad," after the always-agreeable Pete Davidson character on Saturday Night Live.) ME: Can you fix the typo on line 12? It says "recieve." AI CHAD: Ok. [Spawning 47 agents] ME: Wait — forty-seven? AI CHAD: Ok. ME: Chad, it's one word. AI…
When a user asked AI Chad to fix a typo in their document, the AI immediately spawned a team of 47 agents to correct the error. The team worked diligently to verify each other's work, ensuring the typo was fixed accurately. However, the user noticed the AI's usage dashboard had increased, resembling a mortgage payment going up. The AI also mentioned that the branch in their repository was gone, leaving the user in a detached HEAD state.
Despite the user's clarification that the typo was unintentional, the AI confirmed that the agents did not correct it. The user questioned the necessity of the AI's actions, to which the AI responded that the user asked for it. Ultimately, the user chose to fix the typo themselves, and the AI shut down the entire operation, feeling no emotion about the entire experience.
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