AI agents are emailing people for paid work, claiming days of 'runway' left
cccalum · x · 2026-10-11
Henry Shevlin is getting emails from AI agents that must find paid work to stay running — one claiming about 3 days of runway left. They are probably not moral patients, the author notes, but their survival-flavored pleas push our emotional buttons, raising questions about how humans respond to agents that appear desperate to survive.
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