Blogger uses an AI agent to scrape Beijing housing data, only solving CAPTCHAs
yangyi · x · 2026-09-29
Blogger yangyi shares a hands-on test of using an AI agent to shop for an apartment in Beijing: the agent browsed and scraped housing data autonomously while the human only helped solve CAPTCHAs.
- The agent filtered neighborhoods by liquidity and price, compiled the data, and recommended specific three-bedroom listings
- He notes real-estate agents could benefit from such automated data-pulling workflows
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