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Show HN: Watch how an AI agent thinks

A developer released an interactive demo that visualizes how an AI agent thinks, showing its planning, actions, memory usage, and error recovery as it reasons about what to cook using ingredients in a fridge.

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Show HN: Watch how an AI agent thinks
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3 things to know about AI agents:how they workhow they recoverwhy they forget

fridge

“What can I make with what's in my fridge?”

I'm an AI agent: an AI in a loop with tools. Press play.

plan1 plan

plan

  • ·Pick the dish
  • ·See what's actually here
- ·Find a stand-in
- ·Make the stand-in
  • ·Final check, then cook

actions1/26 events

waiting…

memory0%

0

/ 8,000 tokens

0.0 / 57s

drun 01 / 03

← → scrub

1–3 runs

source & further reading
howagentsthink.com — original article
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