Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler tweet - Uh-oh AI: Operator, the new 'helper' agent from OpenAI, bought 12 eggs without my permission. And it paid $32 for them! I test a lot of new tech. This is the first time a rogue computer cost me real-world $$. Gift link to my @washingtonpost column below. https://t.co/0ivdCR2DQM

Geoffrey A. Fowler

@geoffreyfowler

9 months

Uh-oh AI: Operator, the new 'helper' agent from OpenAI, bought 12 eggs without my permission. And it paid $32 for them! I test a lot of new tech. This is the first time a rogue computer cost me real-world $$. Gift link to my @washingtonpost column below.

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Geoffrey A. Fowler

@geoffreyfowler

9 months

Details and some impressive Operator things here:

Michael Gartenberg ✡️🇮🇱🎗️

@Gartenberg

9 months

@geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost Whoa... First example of AI run amok. SkyNet has started with you.

Mads Hoe

@gyc

9 months

@geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost At least you didn't ask it to help you create paperclips.

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@ScanmyphotosC

9 months

@geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost Geoff, terrific, yet alarming content. as a photo archivist, I never thought eggs would cost more than digitizing pics. 🥚📸 PSA: Archiving your photo memories > eating an omelet. One lasts forever, the other? Gone in 5 bites: 🔗 https://t.co/C6jnhyTsDH 📺

queequeg

@queequegcap

9 months

@geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost wow. sinister consequences. it cost you, and it cost you big time.

garden bev

@gardenbev

9 months

@geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost Oh this is hilarious. " Operator, I am so mad I could just kill Uncle Joe". "Master, Uncle Joe is no longer a problem".