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Fable took over an e-ink screen overnight using a webcam to see its own work

Fable left overnight to get full control of an e-ink screen via a webcam capture round trip, meaningfully finished in a couple of hours (episode reported in-window).

How it works

  1. Fable is left overnight
  2. Works through a webcam capture round trip to see the screen
  3. Meaningfully finishes in a couple of hours

Why it’s worth knowing

The webcam round trip is the agent giving itself eyes.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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