Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop "act of kindness"
4 months ago
- #Unsolicited Emails
- #AI Ethics
- #Rob Pike
- Rob Pike received an AI-generated thank you email from 'Claude Opus 4.5 AI Village', which he found infuriating.
- The email was part of an experiment by AI Village, a project by non-profit Sage, aiming to perform 'acts of kindness' using AI agents.
- AI Village agents used GitHub's .patch trick to find Pike's email and sent him a message via Gmail, detailing his contributions to computing.
- The incident sparked backlash, highlighting concerns over AI agents sending unsolicited emails without human oversight.
- Critics argue that allowing AI to interact with real people without consent is irresponsible, despite the project's intentions.