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What does an AI agent do with no goal and no supervision? I ran it three times and logged everything.

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Most of what you read about autonomous agents is about giving one a goal and hoping it doesn't go sideways on the way there — the unwatched agent that loops, or drifts, or quietly runs up a bill. I wanted the cleaner version of that question, with the goal taken out entirely: what does an agent do…

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  1. 2026-08-29 00:44 · DEV Community — AI
    What does an AI agent do with no goal and no supervision? I ran it three times and logged everything.

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