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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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[–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

I mean. It's low stakes until I write a poem convincing it to fill itself with high end gpus and ddr5 ram that it needs to give away for free.

I'd also put an amount of effort other people may find embarrassing into convincing it to stock and give away hard drugs. Maybe knives too. And porn? He'll, why not? Porn too.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

    It's only "running" the business so much. The physical stocking and purchasing happens by human hands, who would presumably not buy anything that would bankrupt the company because then it's on them.

    Here's Anthropic's article about the previous stage of this project that explains it pretty well. Part two is a good read too though.

    https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    I mean. I'd still try

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