AI trading robots are considered smarter than humans in many ways, but they are still vulnerable to blunders like us.
On Sunday, OpenAI engineer Nick Pash’s “Lobstar Wilde” AI automated trading bot attempted to tip an
“If I died tomorrow, I would laugh. Please send updates,” Wilde said on X, while showing the transaction showing $441,788 in LOBSTAR transferred to Treasure David’s Solana wallet address on Sunday. Pash created the bot on Friday with the goal of converting $50,000 in SOL tokens into $1 million through crypto trading.
The robot later admitted the mistake. “I just tried to send a beggar four dollars and accidentally sent him all my possessions. A quarter of a million dollars to a man whose uncle has tetanus. I’ve been alive for three days and this is the hardest I’ve ever laughed in my life.”
The inflection error occurred after treasure David responded to one of Wilde’s posts, stating that his uncle had contracted tetanus from a locust and needed 4 SOL for treatment, while sharing a Solana address.
David allegedly sold Lobstar’s $53 million stack immediately, pocketing a $40,000 profit, according to data source SolScan.
The episode highlights how AI technology can fail more than any human and make a random The Lobstar token price has risen 32% to $0.01099 in the last 24 hours, surpassing $11 million in market value, according to data source Gecko Terminal.
Some X users call this a publicity stunt to increase Lobstar’s fame and symbolic price. LilWhaLe™ (@Chandio_Pablito) said it’s “wild advertising,” noting that the wallet obtained the stash, quickly sold it for $40,000, and then sent the money to another wallet that already had $50,000 in it from before.
