This just reads like engineers. Token use is time, labor cost. Drift happens with humans too when they’re over-extended on a task with not enough check in. That’s why we have standup, to avoid drift. Prompting is management. Zero common sense and a penchant for extremely literal interpretation? That sounds like an average engineer who may or may not be on the spectrum.

Ultra-verbosity, okay you got me, humans don’t do that. They do over complexity though, when it makes them feel smart.