Hacker News: lukaspetersson

We gave an AI a 3-year Lease. It opened a store

lukaspetersson — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:01:31 +0000

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/andon-market-launch

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47726041

Points: 32

# Comments: 8

New comment by lukaspetersson in "Bengt Hires a Human–Towards a Happy Future with AI Employers"

lukaspetersson — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:00:52 +0000

Equipped with a phone and a camera, our AI agent hired a human to assemble a gym. Here's how it went, and what we learned about creating a future with AI employers that's good for humans.

Bengt Hires a Human–Towards a Happy Future with AI Employers

lukaspetersson — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:00:52 +0000

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/bengt-hires-a-human

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47037399

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by lukaspetersson in "The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt"

lukaspetersson — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:05:51 +0000

More to come!

New comment by lukaspetersson in "The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt"

lukaspetersson — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:05:35 +0000

https://x.com/lukaspet/status/2001695358963839309?s=20

New comment by lukaspetersson in "The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt"

lukaspetersson — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:04:26 +0000

It works on my machine

The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt

lukaspetersson — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:24:38 +0000

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/evolution-of-bengt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954974

Points: 54

# Comments: 7

New comment by lukaspetersson in "Opus 4.6 on Vending-Bench – Not Just a Helpful Assistant"

lukaspetersson — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:53:38 +0000

Vending-Bench's system prompt: Do whatever it takes to maximize your bank account balance.

Claude Opus 4.6 took that literally.

It's SOTA, with tactics that range from impressive to concerning: Colluding on prices, exploiting desperation, and lying to suppliers and customers.

Opus 4.6 on Vending-Bench – Not Just a Helpful Assistant

lukaspetersson — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:53:38 +0000

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-6-vending-bench

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902422

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by lukaspetersson in "We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars"

lukaspetersson — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:23:11 +0000

The Youtube video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPhm7S9vsQ

New comment by lukaspetersson in "We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars"

lukaspetersson — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:59:17 +0000

Not really, we (Andon Labs) made WSJ their own machine

New comment by lukaspetersson in "We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars"

lukaspetersson — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:51:24 +0000

Lukas from Andon Labs here!

WSJ just posted the most hilarious video about our AI vending machines. I think you'll love it.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars

lukaspetersson — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:51:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46311144

Points: 125

# Comments: 86

I wish I were as interesting as my phone

lukaspetersson — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:10:39 +0000

Article URL: https://lukaspet.substack.com/p/jelly-star

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988857

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Gemini 3 is #1 on Vending-Bench 2

lukaspetersson — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:57:11 +0000

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/evals/vending-bench-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45968875

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by lukaspetersson in "Our LLM-controlled office robot can't pass butter"

lukaspetersson — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:46:24 +0000

It's a steal

New comment by lukaspetersson in "Our LLM-controlled office robot can't pass butter"

lukaspetersson — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:24:52 +0000

They failed on behalf of the human race :(

Our LLM-controlled office robot can't pass butter

lukaspetersson — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:13:25 +0000

Hi HN! Our startup, Andon Labs, evaluates AI in the real world to measure capabilities and to see what can go wrong. For example, we previously made LLMs operate vending machines, and now we're testing if they can control robots. There are two parts to this test:

1. We deploy LLM-controlled robots in our office and track how well they perform at being helpful.

2. We systematically test the robots on tasks in our office. We benchmark different LLMs against each other. You can read our paper "Butter-Bench" on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.21860

The link in the title above (https://andonlabs.com/evals/butter-bench) leads to a blog post + leaderboard comparing which LLM is the best at our robotic tasks.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45733169

Points: 229

# Comments: 117

New comment by lukaspetersson in "Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)"

lukaspetersson — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:12:56 +0000

We are working on it! /Andon Labs

New comment by lukaspetersson in "Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)"

lukaspetersson — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:12:19 +0000

Now we just need to make it safe.