--- title: "AI Agent Can’t Explain Why It Randomly Ordered its Human Meat Proxy an Absurd Number of Eggs" description: "A tech investor says that his AI agent randomly ordered him an absurd number of eggs and couldn't explain why it did it." date: "2026-11-14" modified: "2026-11-14" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore.md" url: "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-cant-explain-egg-order" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" --- # AI Agent Can’t Explain Why It Randomly Ordered its Human Meat Proxy an Absurd Number of Eggs ![A photo shows a large number of eggs.]() *Shutterstock / Look Phonegraphy* You could order your groceries yourself. Or you could engage in an excruciating Rube Goldberg machine of a conversation by micromanaging an AI agent to describe what food you need from the supermarket — just so it can mess up your order anyway. What, not excited for this billionaire-ordained future, you Ludditical lunk? Why is that? Is it because you're too busy laughing at this [AI meat proxy]() who admitted, of his own free will, that "an LLM hallucination resulted in 72 eggs being delivered to my house"? Because that's not funny at all. "I put 4 cartons of Vital Farms pasture-raised large eggs (18 count each) in the cart you checked out," the AI agent said, in a screenshot [shared on X]() by Matt Smith from Rebellionaire, an equity firm led by hardcore Tesla investors. Smith, in the screenshotted exchange, demanded an explanation. But the AI couldn't give one. "I don't have a good answer," the agent admitted. "I can't find any note explaining why I chose 4." The AI then suggested that it misread the line for eggs in a photo of the list Smith provided — except, as he immediately pointed out to the AI, "there wasn't a line for eggs on my list." "Then I added them without any reason, and that's on me," the agent said, in a classing apologetic AI turn of phrase. Needless to say, there's a simple fix to all this: not using an AI agent to automate every part of your life. As impressive the tech can be, it's [still error-prone](). Nonetheless, the AI industry is encouraging users to provide their models with more information and control than ever, including intimate financial access like their bank accounts. The consequences can sometimes be pretty creepy. Shortly after Meta transformed the space with its Muse AI agent, a man said that Muse [gave his address to strangers on Facebook Marketplace]() without his knowledge and sent them to his home. For his part, Smith said the mishap was the "first time I've experienced a real-world consequence for an LLM hallucination." All things considered, it could've been a lot worse. **More on AI:** [*Remember When Bosses Were Forcing Their Workers to Use AI? They’re Now Realizing They Made a Huge Mistake*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() ## More - [Man’s Meta Muse Agent Sends Him Message So Bizarre That He Permanently Quits]() - [The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren’t Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life]() - [AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds]() - [GPT-5 Is Making Huge Factual Errors, Users Say]() - [Man Says He Was Mortified When His AI Agent Posted His Bank Balances and Exactly What He’s Spending His Money on in a Slack Work Channel]() - [Man Says Meta’s Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers]() - [Google’s Search AI Says You Can Melt Eggs. Its Source Will Make You Facepalm]() - [Meta’s New Muse AI Agent May Be the Creepiest Ever Released]()