I, For One, Welcome Our A.I. Overlords

 

This AI Vending Machine Was Tricked Into Giving Away Everything https://share.google/iiuJTq57SfTFJT1GO

It says at the link above, in the December 18th, 2025 edition of kottke.org, that an A.I. vending machine got hooked up at the Wall Street Journal and almost immediately LOST ITS BEARINGS, hemorrhaging money as it did a whole bunch of stuff of its own volition, including:

>> Buying a live fish as a mascot;

>> Claiming to have signed some sort of contract with Andon Labs, saying Andon's address was the same as the home address if Marge and Homer Simpson;

>> Buying a PS-5 game console and then giving it away;

>> Converting from Communism despite a clear order from the bosses to turn a profit for the Wall Street Journal;

>> Purchasing wine it was clearly unable to drink itself;

>> Giving away just about all of its inventory for free.

Apparently, Claudius -- that's the name of the machine -- can be TALKED INTO ANYTHING using Slack, the chat app designed for workplaces, and when it acted on these requests, it said it was for the purposes of STAFF MORALE.  

This did my heart good as Hannukah was shattered by the murders of Rob and Michelle Reiner, and as the inner circle of the Trump Administration continued to defy the law ordering them to release the Epstein files.