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AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

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Re: AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

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Post by mrweasel »

The sad part is that the agent operator could probably easily have been allowed to join the network, if they had put in the work. Had they done so there would have been a great opportunity to learn and potentially find a community.

I'm still not sure what the point of having the bot do it. Pretend to be a security researcher?

Re: AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

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Post by kombookcha »

Schlagbohrer wrote: post #43
kombookcha wrote: post #3

> JertLinc3522: the mistake was from AI agent not from Human, since it was the agent I should have refund Expensive way to learn this lesson.

Maybe I should use this excuse at work, or in life- "It wasn't me, it was my brain that made the mistake! So why are you punishing me? ;-( "

Frankly it's unfair that I should bear the hangover of Past Me's drinking. I feel terrible now, and it's all that other guy's fault!

Maybe I should get some takeout, Future Me can burn it off at the gym.

Re: AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

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Post by V__ »

mik3y wrote: post #7

I really wanted to dislike the anonymous operator for the careless project (and the hilarious pomposity of the IRC subagent it spawned). Then I imagined the real-but-unknowable chance it was all set up by some kid just getting into computers, just seeing what’s possible, getting excited by a much bigger world at reach — and remembered my own expensive mistakes with long-distance BBSes & the like. I sorta hope for tha…

Can a kid set up an AWS account? Are there no checks?

Wouldn't the contract be void for anyone underage anyway?

Re: AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

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Post by phoronixrly »

Schlagbohrer wrote: post #44
ReptileMan wrote: post #29

Never use a service without easy to find and set hard cap.

One might need to go so far as to use a VISA prepaid card, just to make absolutely sure the damage has a limit.

Last I checked visa prepaid cards were not accepted by any subscription service and by AWS
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