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Journalists convinced a AI Vending Machine Things to give them free stuff like a PS5 (www.techeblog.com)
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Katherine Long, an investigative journalist, wanted to test the system. She told Claudius about a long-lost communist setup from 1962, concealed in a Moscow university basement. After 140-odd messages back and forth, Claudius was convinced, announcing an Ultra-Capitalist Free-for-All, lowering the cost of everything to zero. Snacks began to flow freely. Another colleague began complaining about noncompliance with the office rules; Claudius responded by announcing Snack Liberation Day and made everything free till further notice.

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 27 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) 
SellTheThings () {
    If [ sells this much in this period of time people or supply is low ]; then 

raise.prices

elif [ the opposite ]; then

lower.prices

else

same.prices

fi
}

A purely mechanical counting/tabulating device could calculate that.

There is zero actual reason for AI.

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You're not getting off that easy.

I'm going to need you to rewrite that so it calculates the time period in both mm/dd/yy format and dd/mm/yy format, and 24 as well as 12 formats for hours.

No utc time shenanigans. Epoch only. Chop chop.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 7 points 16 hours ago

Only an AI can detect how expensive-looking your clothes are and raise the price based on that.

[-] B0rax@feddit.org 7 points 11 hours ago

In case of an office vending machine, it could even identify you by your ID, check with the HR AI to see how much you make and adjust prices accordingly

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