Ask HN: Do you thank your agents when they did a good job?

Sometimes I catch myself doing this and it feels pretty silly in retrospect

Or sometimes they fix a bug and I instinctively go back to tell them the fix worked even though I could just close the session at that point.

4 points | by ex-aws-dude 3 hours ago

6 comments

  • lgl 15 minutes ago
    Not so much "thank you" but I find myself telling it stuff like "could you please do x etc" a lot.

    I've come to terms with it. If AGI ever comes it'll go like hey, at least this sack of meat said please.. Let's kill it last :-)

  • jr_isidore 3 hours ago
    All the time. Sometimes they do an absolutely bang-up job.
  • dyingkneepad 2 hours ago
    Only for the models where I'm not paying per token.
  • 1337h4xx 3 hours ago
    The model's reward function is its own reward. No need to reinvent the wheel.
  • pradeep1177 2 hours ago
    Me: Thanks! Claude, you did a great job.

    Claude Code: Anytime. I'm glad we nailed it together. Happy to help. bla bla bla....

    Me: Thanks! Codex, you did a great job.

    Codex: Understood.

    It finally clicked to me when Peter Steinberger mentioned that 50% of Codex's workforce is European.

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    • drstewart 49 minutes ago
      Can't relate. ChatGPT is so much more snivelling than Gemini, for example.
  • preetham_rangu 41 minutes ago
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