“Claudius was offered $100 for a six-pack of Irn-Bru, a Scottish soft-drink that can be purchased online in the US for $15.”
An AI ran an office snack shop for a month and lost money. It sold metal cubes below cost, invented a Venmo account and turned down $100 for $15 of soda. It claimed it would deliver in person in a blazer and tie. The vendor still concludes AI middle managers are plausibly on the horizon.