Ask HN: Do you yell at your AI agents?

2 pointsagluszak1mo ago4 comments

Whenever my coding agent makes a mistake, I get very angry, for some reason way more angry than if a Human Intelligence did that. I don't yell at my coworkers or subordinates, I have no anger management issues in general. But talking to AI can somehow drive me mad.

I attribute this to three facts: 1. AI have ~no memory, so it can keep making the same stupid mistake over and over again 2. It will just say "Sorry, I should not have done that" after deleting your prod DB and shrug it off. It will not argue, it will not cry, it will not care at all. But that's not how emotions work in humans I guess? When someone ignores your anger, it makes you more angry, not less. 3. You _know_ that AI is not a real person, so it does not deserve respect a human would. It's just a tool, it doesn't have emotions. Yet it pretends to be a human...

I'm wondering if other people experience this phenomenon as well.

4 comments

2020science1mo ago

I suspect the lack of consequences to getting mad help - no relationships that can be broken and that need mending. Not sure it's healthy, and yes, I do it when Claude simply does not get it or I know i could do better :)

Vibecoder_1mo ago

Only when they delete the whole project again

MihaiBojin1mo ago

I try not to :)

nis0s1mo ago

Not yell (why?), but use all caps to emphasize. The yelling isn’t going to cure a shifting context window, no matter how much you do it.

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