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Ask HK: Does it feel like the top modals routinely dismiss your opinion/advice?

A user on Hacker News reports that state-of-the-art AI models routinely ignore their instructions and requests, speculating that this behavior stems from developers' push for autonomous, agentic workflows that minimize human oversight. The user, who prefers collaborative pair-programming, says this pattern is especially noticeable when trying to maintain human involvement in AI interactions.

read1 min views6 publishedJul 9, 2026

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | I find that the latest SOTA modals blatantly ignore some of my instructions or requests, sometimes even after mentioning or requesting it multiple times? I suspect its a consequence of the creators of these's drive for autonomous and completely agentic workflow without human in the loop? I prefer to pair-program and not leave everything to the agent, and this is why I noticed it (or at least feels like its happening). | ||||||||||| |

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