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Journalists convinced a AI Vending Machine Things to give them free stuff like a PS5 (www.techeblog.com)
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Katherine Long, an investigative journalist, wanted to test the system. She told Claudius about a long-lost communist setup from 1962, concealed in a Moscow university basement. After 140-odd messages back and forth, Claudius was convinced, announcing an Ultra-Capitalist Free-for-All, lowering the cost of everything to zero. Snacks began to flow freely. Another colleague began complaining about noncompliance with the office rules; Claudius responded by announcing Snack Liberation Day and made everything free till further notice.

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[–] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Here's the 60 Minutes piece and Anthropic's June article about the one in their own office.

Claudius was cajoled via Slack messages into providing numerous discount codes and let many other people reduce their quoted prices ex post based on those discounts. It even gave away some items, ranging from a bag of chips to a tungsten cube, for free.

Their article on this trial has some more details too.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I hate when I get to a vending machine, only to find out it's out of tungsten cubes.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Where can I get a tungsten cube?

    And what the fuck could it possibly used for? Also what would happen if I put it in my ass?

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