{"id":40766,"date":"2026-09-30T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=40766"},"modified":"2026-09-30T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:37:12","slug":"briefly-giving-full-control-of-your-life-to-software-is-really-foolish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=40766","title":{"rendered":"Briefly: Giving full control of your life to software is really foolish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Always-allow-AI-to-act.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40771\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Always-allow-AI-to-act.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Always-allow-AI-to-act.jpg 920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Always-allow-AI-to-act-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Always-allow-AI-to-act-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company that owns Facebook and Instagram is heavily promoting its new AI-based software assistant called Muse, but people who are using it as it was designed are incredibly foolish. An early adopter of the software discovered that a few days ago when he advertised an item for sale on Facebook Marketplace \u2014 and he inadvertently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/a-youtuber-says-this-muse-setting-led-to-the-ai-agent-sharing-his-address-be-careful\/ar-AA2dbUSz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave Muse full authority<\/a> to act on his behalf. The software agreed to a lowball offer made by another Facebook user and then gave that man the home address of the man for whom he was an agent. The software told the buyer that the seller was home and waiting for him. When the buyer showed up and waited angrily, the would-be buyer left an angry review for the man. And this angry man had the seller\u2019s home address. It was only well after that that the software reported what it had done and admitted it had made a mistake. I won\u2019t be putting that much power into the hands of any software. I think anyone who agrees to such terms is a fool. And the software\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/technology\/ai\/articles\/metas-own-fine-print-says-210000032.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user agreement says<\/a> you\u2019re responsible for purchases the software makes in your name. Nope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company that owns Facebook and Instagram is heavily promoting its new AI-based software assistant called Muse, but people who are using it as it was designed are incredibly foolish. 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