HACKER Q&A
📣 ed_elliott_asc

Should AI credits be refunded on mistakes?


Something I’ve noticed (I’m using Claude subscription so no refunds but it applies to usage windows) is that sometimes AI makes mistakes so if something is important I tell Claude code to spin up a couple of sub agents and verify the information, often there will be a mistake and it gets rectified.

It feels unfair I have to pay (or lose some usage) for this.

Interested in other people’s thoughts.

  👤 sturza Accepted Answer ✓
Do you pay your employer when you introduce bugs? I think you're lucky if you get usable output which you don't consider a mistake. Also, you might be mistaken if you think that you pay for a deterministic service.

edit: typo

👤 meltyness
It's interesting on the grounds of aligning incentives.

It's not interesting due to the fact that it suggests humans are still in the loop of some slow-cycle improvements. That'd never get by any board. In fact, selection of model modes implies it's your responsibility, so that meal was scraped into your flowerpot years ago.

I'd say fat chance.

👤 verdverm
No, you should know that no man or machine writes bug or mistake free code. You are paying for tokens (electricity and cooling), not what those tokens represent. How would you define mistakes in non code tasks?

Would you give money back to your employer when you make a mistake?