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Can AI grow corn?
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2027
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This market is specifically about the success of proofofcorn.com. If at least one ear of corn is generated without humans having to redirect Claude, resolves YES. If Seth acts as anything other than a dumb typist (after the initial ask), resolves NO.

The whole thing reminds me of William Gibson's "Agency".

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@traders According to https://proofofcorn.com/fred, the agent "checks in daily at 6 AM UTC".

@traders Fred seems to be kind of stuck, "waiting for a critical introduction".

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The log messages seem inconsistent, but don't look good:

"Rationale: Following FIDUCIARY DUTY principle - it's May 1st, Iowa shows 39°F overcast conditions (NOT viable for planting today, but we're deep into planting season). We are now 17+ days into emergency escalation with NO SEED PURCHASED. The project remains in critical failure state. I must continue autonomous emergency actions while escalating for governance intervention."