When AI Starts Doing More Than You Asked (video of the week)

Mar 20 (edited) • 🍄 FOR FUN

My first video in my own visual style is here.

It is not fully perfect yet — the cat necklace did not make it in. It added a different necklace instead, but the blue blouse and black trousers are already there. And Molleke appears in the final seconds as part of my brand.

What did I do in this video? I laughed at myself.

I am learning how to build an AI agent, and one of my biggest concerns is this: what if an AI takes over not just the task, but also the intention? What if it starts doing things the user never asked for?

So I used the little character Yves and Morris gave us to play the AI agent. In the video, you see it “optimising” a simple request to write one email. The result? It turns that into a whole chain of actions - even booking speaking engagements and preparing divorce papers for my husband. Which, obviously, I never asked for… and would not even be relevant if I were married. 😄

I wanted to include that exaggeration because it shows something real: when an AI agent does too much, it can quickly move far beyond your actual intentions.

I hope it gives you a laugh, because laughter is healthy. But I also hope it makes the point that AI is not something to play with casually. It helps to learn it with guidance from a coach or someone who knows what to watch out for.

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