"One horse-laugh is worth ten-thousand syllogisms" (H.L. Mencken)
This is more than a few horse-laughs (and a very large AWS bill) pointed in the direction of the most fervent agentic AI enthusiasts.
https://lantian.pub/en/article/fun/ai-agent-bankrupted-their-operator-scan-dn42lantian.lantian/
Tom Morris
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2026-06-12 11:46:24 UTC
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