Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/
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Even Mr. Gas Town now agrees 🧛♂️ https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163
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I wrote a longer reply on Lobsters, but I think understanding the thinking behind things like Ralph loops and Gas Town helps make some sense of this madness: https://lobste.rs/s/0pxvyd/agent_psychosis_are_we_going_insane#c_agw4oe