AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
Yegge documents a specific model behavior — Opus 4.7 repeatedly wanting to add 'just two more things' instead of finishing — that directly undermines self-improving/self-referential AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → architectures, a cautionary data point for anyone building autonomous coding agents.
Key quotes
“Gas Town was intended to be reusable, but I only ever wound up using it to build itself.”
Steve Yegge
“Gas Town fell apart at the seams with Opus 4.7.”
Steve Yegge
“With 4.7 we saw the introduction of the "just two more things" tic, which prevented Opus from ever converging on being ready to do real work—it always wanted to fiddle with Gas Town itself.”
Steve Yegge
“The Opus tic never went away, so Gas Town effectively burned down.”
