He gave an AI agent phone and email access to collect a $500 unpaid invoice
curious_vii · x · 2026-10-17
A developer stiffed on $500 about a year ago set up a continuously running Sol 6.1 Ultra agent with access to an email inbox and a phone number that can make outbound calls. He fed it all the digital exhaust from the engagement—agreements on what payment would look like, time-stamped speakers, emails—and gave it broad authority to collect the debt. "Let's see how it goes," he writes, making it a striking real-world test of agent autonomy.
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