What’s the most cringe-worthy thing you’ve seen in the AI agents space? My 3 top pics
Today, I’m doing a slightly more relaxed and bizarre corner.
The internet is full of things that are either amusing or scary, but mostly things that capture something outside the norm (and over time, even these weird things tend to become normalised).
What are the 3 strangest things in AI agents you’ve come across recently (or in general)?
Here’s my list:
An OpenClaw bot sent an inappropriate message to a boss on behalf of an employee via WhatsApp.
An AI bot paid for an overpriced course just to access the required information.
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Agents confidently doing the wrong thing is probably the most entertaining and scary combination.
The output looks polished, but the context is completely missing.
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@jahnavi_thota at least, we have good jokes now.
@busmark_w_nika Haha yes, entertaining until it happens in a real workflow. That’s where it gets a bit scary.
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It was all over twitter, that exec who got her emails deleted by an agent.
https://x.com/FareaNFts/status/2026395423393591344 that's the full story.
Though if I put my tinfoil hat on for just a moment... negative PR stunt to allow META to catch up?
Massive attention on agents being unreliable, Presents the opportunity to introduce safe agents, since Meta sucks at models anyways.
Tinfoil hat off.
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@build_with_aj I have a feeling that even people with some knowledge of tech cannot do anything about their uncontrollable bots :D we are so doomed :D
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@busmark_w_nika At this point I might start ahving devices fully air gapped from any AI ussage, even local models lol
I sandbox everything I can but still, agent reliability is yet to be solved
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@build_with_aj Did you see this? Probably switch from OpenAI to Claude.
At this point AI agents aren’t assistants… they’re unsupervised interns with WiFi.🤣 Waiting for the day my AI resigns on my behalf because it found a better founder to work for. 🤖
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@shubham_saurave But they are cheap!!! interns :DD