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Local AI submitted almost 200 job applications in about 5 days

A man ran a local AI on his own machine that submitted almost 200 job applications over almost 5 days. His only part in the applications was clicking the captcha boxes, and running the work locally saved at least $400 in token costs at the AI rates.

$400one time

How it works

  1. Local AI runs on his own machine
  2. It fills in and submits almost 200 applications over almost 5 days
  3. He clicks the captcha boxes when a site asks
  4. He watches the early errors and adjusts the setup files until the errors are almost gone

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent sent almost 200 real applications from a local machine while its owner only clicked captcha boxes.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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