They were thinking users won't find this setting to turn it on, so enable it by default and users that don't liker it can turn it off. The Ralph Wiggum and /goal software indicates that some users want the AI to plow forwards, guessing at what the user actually wants. Some users don't want that behavior, but Anthropic took guess that more people want it than don't. 60 seconds is too short though, imo.
Maybe true, but consider the incentives for a moment. Anthropic makes money when it increases token usage. This feature removes a roadblock to burning more tokens. Can you claim with certainty that there is no way that might have influenced their decision?
OTOH, their system is currently overloaded beyond what they have capacity to serve, and public plans aren't pay per token like the API is, but a subscription fee with a usage limit. Thus, there is incentive for Anthropic to be conservative with token use because they don't have the capacity to serve all their current users. Artificially driving up usage means more usage, which means their system is more highly loaded, which means users are unhappy with the product, which means they're more likely to churn. That doesn't mean your version of the conspiracy isn't necessarily true, but it does mean it's not the only thing to consider.
They were thinking users won't find this setting to turn it on, so enable it by default and users that don't liker it can turn it off. The Ralph Wiggum and /goal software indicates that some users want the AI to plow forwards, guessing at what the user actually wants. Some users don't want that behavior, but Anthropic took guess that more people want it than don't. 60 seconds is too short though, imo.
Maybe true, but consider the incentives for a moment. Anthropic makes money when it increases token usage. This feature removes a roadblock to burning more tokens. Can you claim with certainty that there is no way that might have influenced their decision?
If they don't do this, their competitors will and have a better UX.
Most users that just want their agent to do the damn thing.
Users that want to babysit their agents can always turn the setting off. That is not most users.
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OTOH, their system is currently overloaded beyond what they have capacity to serve, and public plans aren't pay per token like the API is, but a subscription fee with a usage limit. Thus, there is incentive for Anthropic to be conservative with token use because they don't have the capacity to serve all their current users. Artificially driving up usage means more usage, which means their system is more highly loaded, which means users are unhappy with the product, which means they're more likely to churn. That doesn't mean your version of the conspiracy isn't necessarily true, but it does mean it's not the only thing to consider.
I want to have a plan and then it implement said plan with that goal or the Ralph loop ...
If your sane-washing of this was true, it would be possible to turn it off, but it doesn't appear to be at this moment.
Just look at the last response from ThariQ. These guys are mental. Bunch of toddlers with electric chainsaws.