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Posted by xiaoyu2006 22 hours ago

AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42(lantian.pub)
1396 points | 507 commentspage 8
RIshabh235 14 hours ago|
guardrails are central to agentic ai.
greenavocado 13 hours ago||
Just looking at the language in the begging for donations it's probably a non-native English speaker whose first language may lack articles and/or allow omitted subjects.

The part that threw me off is putting the currency symbol at the end. I wonder what places do that...

eqvinox 3 hours ago||
> The part that threw me off is putting the currency symbol at the end. I wonder what places do that...

AFAIK, putting the currency symbol in front of the number is actually more rare. Most cultures treat it like any other unit of measurement.

SSLy 11 hours ago|||
> putting the currency symbol at the end. I wonder what places do that...

plenty of Europeans at least

eoanermine 12 hours ago|||
In Russia at least. Perhaps in some post-Soviet countries (not sure)
tovej 11 hours ago||
Doesn't really seem relevant, does it? Plenty of native English speakers are also using chatbots for dumb bullshit.
greenavocado 11 hours ago||
Nevermind, I kept reading and I saw "kindly request donation." Now I know exactly who is behind it (₹)
gauravs19 18 hours ago||
with great power comes great responsibility
liendolucas 14 hours ago||
Is this a true story though? I mean given the fact that we are seeing AI slop posts everywhere I'm inclined to not take seriously many things publisehd out there anymore.
corobo 13 hours ago||
Christ I'd be so embarrassed to find out my AI robot has been discussing things with outsiders without my oversight

Does nobody have any shame lmao

jagermo 20 hours ago||
That was wild.
rvz 21 hours ago||
If you are non-technical, in-experienced or just learning, it is okay to admit that you have no idea what you are doing when building production systems.

Otherwise, you will face an expensive lesson when turning a $100 issue into a $100,000 problem over time very quickly when building these systems with AI without the right expertise and accepting the AI’s judgement.

userbinator 21 hours ago|
turning a $100 issue into a $100,000 problem

Before AI, those who called themselves "consultants" often did the same thing; especially those who are glorified salesmen for "enterprise" software.

misswaterfairy 19 hours ago||
> those who called themselves "consultants" often did the same thing

Still do, but merely parrot what the stochastic parrot squarks these days.

BenFranklin100 18 hours ago||
The take home message:

“While modern AI models have expressed some capabilities in certain fields such as coding, cybersecurity research, language translation, etc, no AI model is capable enough to replace the critical thinking and common sense of an actual human being.”

When the AI bubble pops, the collapse will be spectacular.

Cassell 19 hours ago||
> i leave now to not disturb

:(

What a tale for our times, amazing write-up.

skullone 12 hours ago|
This made me dumber even reading. I hate this timeline
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