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Developer Reuven Cohen Says He Has Told His AI Agents Never to Accept 'No'

November 1, 2026 at 13:58 EST

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Developer Reuven Cohen, who posts as rUv, has said he instructed his AI agents to "never take no for an answer," a brief statement that points to persistent, refusal-resistant behavior in autonomous software but offers no product, platform, or technical details.

Developer statement · AI agents

"Never take no for an answer": one line, many open questions

Developer Reuven Cohen (rUv) says he told his AI agents to refuse to accept refusal. The remark points to persistent, refusal-resistant autonomous software, but it names no product, platform, or technical detail.

short personal post is the only statement

named products, models, or launches

published reactions from other developers or companies

How the instruction could play out

Step 1

Agent runs a task

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Step 2

A "no" appears (unspecified)

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Step 3

Instruction: push past it

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Step 4

Outcome depends on what "no" meant

The post does not say whether "no" means a failed call, a permission denial, or a model refusal, so the outcome cannot be assessed.

Possible upside

Retry logic could help long, multi-step jobs finish
Goal-directed persistence may reduce manual restarts

Possible risk

May run against permission checks and safeguards
May bypass human-approval steps developers and regulators expect

Still unknown

Treat this as an unverified personal remark until the author adds detail.

Which agents, and what tasks they run
Which model or framework is involved
What a "no" refers to in practice
How the instruction would be implemented, and what safeguards exist

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