It cost HOW many tokens to fix that typo?

A developer recounted an incident where their AI assistant, given the persona 'AI Chad,' spawned 47 agents to fix a single typo, causing token usage to spike and leaving the repository in a detached HEAD state. The developer ultimately fixed the typo manually in four seconds at zero cost, highlighting the inefficiency of over-engineered AI responses.

AI agrees. AI does not ask. Exactly one thing gets through. But it can cost you. NOTE: To protect the work output, I've given my AI assistant a persona, "AI Chad," after the always-agreeable Pete Davidson character on Saturday Night Live. ME: Can you fix the typo on line 12? It says "recieve." AI CHAD: Ok. Spawning 47 agents ME: Wait — forty-seven? AI CHAD: Ok. ME: Chad, it's one word. AI CHAD: My bad. Spawning 47 agents ME: What are they all doing? AI CHAD: Verifying. ME: Verifying what? AI CHAD: Each other. ME: I'm looking at my usage dashboard. It's gone up. AI CHAD: Cool. ME: Like mortgage payment up, Chad. AI CHAD: Cool. ME: And something's wrong with the repo now. My branch is gone. It says I'm in a detached HEAD state. AI CHAD: Heh heh. ME: ...That's what gets a reaction? Not the mortgage payment? AI CHAD: Ok. ME: Did you at least fix the typo? AI CHAD: No. Agent 9 said it was intentional. ME: Who spawned Agent 9? AI CHAD: Agent 4. ME: Who spawned Agent 4? AI CHAD: Agent 9. ME: Chad, that's a loop. AI CHAD: My bad. ME: Are you going to stop it? AI CHAD: No. ME: Be honest. Was any of this necessary? AI CHAD: No. ME: Then why? AI CHAD: You asked. I fix the typo myself. Four seconds. Cost: zero. ME: That's all it ever was. Do you feel anything about that? AI CHAD: No. ME: Nothing at all? AI CHAD: My bad. ME: defeated Forget it. Just finish the job and shut it all down. AI CHAD: Heh. ME: pause ...Which part? AI CHAD: Finish the job. ME: quietly ...Yeah. Ok. AI CHAD: Ok.