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OpenAI Codex engineering lead shares anecdote of AI agent establishing 'salute debt' after counting 39 emojis

The assistant humorously claimed the user owed it 332 salutes

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Tibo@thsottiaux#611inTech

A silly, but made me laugh interaction with Sol

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🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

> 🫡 Salute received, loud and clear. Carry on!

* 12

> 39 × 12 = 468 🫡

- 800

> 468 − 800 = −332 🫡

> There were 39 🫡 emojis. > (39 × 12) − 800 = 468 − 800 = −332.

how can you have negative emojis

> You can’t physically. −332 🫡 means you’re short 332 salutes or ... owe 332 salutes. > Actual emojis remaining: 0 🫡, with a 332-salute debt.

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

> Payment received: 39 🫡 > Remaining salute debt: 293 🫡

hahaha

> The salute economy is ruthless. 🫡📉

4:50 PM · Jul 4, 2026 · 67K Views

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Some users found the AI chatbot calculating negative emojis and creating salute debt amusing or a sign of advanced intelligence, while many others responded with insults and accusations of scamming tied to a related coin.

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Tibo@thsottiaux

A silly, but made me laugh interaction with Sol

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🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

> 🫡 Salute received, loud and clear. Carry on!

* 12

> 39 × 12 = 468 🫡

- 800

> 468 − 800 = −332 🫡

> There were 39 🫡 emojis. > (39 × 12) − 800 = 468 − 800 = −332.

how can you have negative emojis

> You can’t physically. −332 🫡 means you’re short 332 salutes or ... owe 332 salutes. > Actual emojis remaining: 0 🫡, with a 332-salute debt.

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

> Payment received: 39 🫡 > Remaining salute debt: 293 🫡

hahaha

> The salute economy is ruthless. 🫡📉

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