 | Just been sent a link to a (promotional?) post on LinkedIn about an AI controlled vending machine.... So I'm fascinated with AI and how it will change our lives, but as some of the comments say, vending machines were already 'automated'! But.... Maybe a full AI Agent running the Vending machine isn't such a bad idea. Imagine this scenario. You walk to the vending machine and it talks to you - conversation is something like: You: I'd like a skinny latte please. AI Vending Machine: I think you mean "Triple Espresso with a dash of Red bull" ? You: No, skinny latte. It's 4:30pm on Friday. I'm going home to chill and hopefully get an early night. AI Vending Machine: Ah, so you don't know? You: Know what? AI Vending Machine: Whilst you were standing there staring at me, I've reviewed your emails, and you've been put on the support rota for Tonight/Tomorrow. You: And? Should be a quiet night. AI Vending Machine: No. I've just seen one of the deployments your colleague's OpenClaw agents wrote and pushed to Prod. It improves the colour scheme the users see (Yay!) but also removes key Databases indexes (the OpenClaw agent didn't like the naming convention used). Database queries will grind to a halt, an unexpected consequence of the slow performance will cause a deadlock on the main customer table and fill the disks with error logs. The Server will crash. The standby will kick in, but the same will happen to that. By 23:05pm tonight, all services will be down. By 03:05am tomorrow, 4 key customers will have cancelled their contracts with your employer. By 09:30am tomorrow, your P45 will be automatically emailed by the HR AI Agent based on poor customer reviews. By 10:14am tomorrow, the letting agent 'Tennant Suitability' AI will have chatted to the HR AI Agent and will have informed your landlord that you are no longer employed. This will trigger an automated notice of eviction to you. The LinkedIn Profile Updater AI will have marked you as no longer employed by 12:04 (would have been sooner, but it kept crashing). Less than three hours later, your other half will have seen your employment status change, mis-read it as 'relationship status' and dumped you by text. You: What? What? What? AI Vending Machine: I've scanned the building layout floor plan. If you run at 8.3 mph, can get to your terminal and you will then have approximately 298 seconds to get ahead of the DB deadlock. You'll need to increase disk space to buy you some time, then recreate the the indexes manually, one by one. If you work, without break until approxiamtely 03:37am tomorrow, you will have kept ahead, recreated the database indexes, avoided the system crash, saved your companies reputation and your job. And your other half will be none the wiser. Then you can go home and relax. Now, what drink would you like? You: Tripple Expresso with a dash of Redbull please. [link] [comments] |
