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[cut off top] ...(opus 4.5-4.8 especially) where it'll give you weird timeframes for a project (this part 2 weeks, this part 1 week, etc)....

Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley · 2h
i was talking strategy about something with it today, and its answer was something that would've been useful/true even just a few months ago, but irrelevant given the latest level of model capabilities.

turned on agi-pilled mode and then it started behaving more like it actually should. "given the trend line of XYZ, i actually recommend this".

like today i've had it tell me to put something off a month because there will likely be a much better model to handle its complexity while creating an actual graph of model releases w/ eval numbers to prove its point.

tried the same query again with "agi off" (and sure, some of this is variance) and it didn't even consider something like that.

you start to notice stuff like that.

Justin Thelukai @animated_memory · 3h
In general I often find they give up too easily and need encouragement. I'm still looking for good prompts to help with this so I don't have to type "yes you can, just get it done" 100 times per day

Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley · 3h
stupid as it is, i find this helps!
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Continuation of Mckay Wrigley's 'agi-pilled' system-prompt thread (seq 395-396): he describes the model recommending delaying a task a month in anticipation of a more capable future model (with a self-generated chart of model releases/eval numbers to justify it), contrasted with a control run without the prompt; a reply from Justin Thelukai about models giving up too easily, and Wrigley agreeing the trick helps.

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i've a/b tested this for 2 weeks now and the results are kinda nuts

Thariq @trq212 · 2h
hmm this is cool, do you have an example of what this does?

Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley · 2h
fable is already quite ambitious (which is great), but this seems to get it to be even more ambitious.

i generally find with some form of the "agi pilled" line (doesn't have to be that exact wording) it will get a bit more adventurous in what it's willing to try.

the vm example below is one thing that it would do in agi-pilled mode that it wouldn't do without being told to in regular mode.
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also gets it to unlearn a lot of its "timeline-y" janks, which in turn affects what it actually does, and this proves quite useful.
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generally i find the models are a little too rl'd to death on behaving like a human/coworker, and this sort of dumb trick nudges it to be a little more like the superhuman thing it actually is (and seems to know it is if you allow it!).

Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley · 7h
Replying to @Real_Yahiya
sometimes coding agents have this weird jank (opus 4.5-4.8 especially) where it'll give you weird timeframes for a project (this part 2 weeks, this part 1 week, etc)....
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Continuation of Mckay Wrigley's thread (seq 395) on the 'AGI-pilled' system prompt trick, elaborating that Fable becomes more ambitious and willing to try things (e.g. a VM example), sheds 'timeline-y' jank, and that models are over-RL'd toward human/coworker behavior; includes an aside about Opus 4.5-4.8 giving odd project timeframes.

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Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley
random tip...

put "You are AGI-pilled." in your system prompt for all agents now.

it's a WAY better experience.

rn agents behave too much like the world is going to stay static.

this unhobbles them quite a bit and gets them to talk/act more like AGIs.

12:01 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 45.3K Views

Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley · 7h
fable in particular very much "gets" what this means.

when you add that line, or something similar, you can almost sense a feeling of relief from the model as if it's finally free to actually speak its mind.

i've a/b tested this for 2 weeks now and the results are kinda nuts

Thariq @trq212 · 2h
hmm this is cool, do you have an example of what this does?
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Tweet by Mckay Wrigley recommending adding 'You are AGI-pilled.' to agent system prompts, with a follow-up claiming the Fable model in particular responds to the line with something like relief and speaks more freely, and a reply from Thariq asking for an example.

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