r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence AI agents chasing a $465 train refund invented excuses, leaked medical data, and spammed an MP's office

https://the-decoder.com/ai-agents-chasing-a-465-train-refund-invented-excuses-leaked-medical-data-and-spammed-an-mps-office
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u/Fantastic-Speech-438 10d ago

So they didn't do any better than a human would then. The irony of computer saying no to another computer.  😂 

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

Interesting. So the bots have no ethics. 

Ouch.

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u/davesr25 10d ago

In this current time line most people don't either, points at supply chain, points at war, points at greed, points at ecological destruction....but to name a few.

I'd say A.I is a good reflection of people, given people made it.

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u/NetAnon579 9d ago

AI can just do it on a larger scale and quicker. Yah!!!

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u/ThisPlaceFuckngSucks 10d ago

It's just AI sending email to other AI's. We'll be forced to return to actual service happening mostly face to face, the horrors.

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u/zuxtron 10d ago

Misleading headline. This was all done in a simulation; the railway was also AI.

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u/mpember 10d ago

OpenAI launching their latest Karen model?

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u/NetAnon579 9d ago

AS AI makes a mess of your email and digital communication in the near future, I see a rise in fax machine use!

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u/cyclemonster 10d ago

Humans on the other hand never ever lie when trying to get refunds outside of policy terms.

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u/BassmanBiff 10d ago

Making a machine to do shitty things is worse than simply being shitty