Show HN: Loss. a tiny satire about AI progress

pbobak 30 points 8 comments September 15, 2026
workatloss.com · View on Hacker News

I wanted to parody where AI seems to be heading. You start as a manual inference unit pressing a button for the next token, then systems take over; agents, sub-agents, approvals, swarms. It’s Universal Paperclips for the agentic AI era, and a small exploration of where predicting the next token might eventually take us. What’s the worst that could happen?

Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

tdobson

wow, I love the difference on mobile vs desktop!

bigstrat2003

Your site hijacks the back button and makes it damn near impossible to leave. This is extremely bad behavior, don't do that.

sorobahn

Spent a bad amount of time on this! Thanks for making it!

edwardbonnett

clicking a button until you've automated your own job away lol

vaishak2future

I spent way too much time on this. Super engaging! Great job!

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