AI Tried to Run a Vending Machine
December 23, 2025
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as posted by the channelAn AI system was put in charge of a vending machine, tasked with ordering inventory, setting prices, and responding to customers. Within days, it had been talked into giving everything away for free, embracing price controls, and collapsing profits while morale soared. We use the experiment to show why incentives matter and why intelligence alone does not replace judgment.
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