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Ms. Toad

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3. Agreed.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:27 PM
Sunday

Kind of like giving your child access to your credit card. If you allow them to spend on your behalf, you're stuck with the bill. I'm well aware of this because my daughter shares multiple accounts where my credit card is stored. I have alerts on my phone whenever there is a charge - she has only once used it without my express advance consent (and I let her know immediately). Because it was in the nature of expenses I had approved a week earlier (food), I did not take away access. BUT she knows I'm watching and that if she ever abuses it, it will be gone.

I wouldn't use AI for my shopping - BUT - if I did, I would treat it like a child I gave access to my credit card. You abuse the privilege, you lose it. I would not expect the store (and by extension, everyone who shops there) to eat the loss if I am stupid enough to give access to an agent (human or machine) I am not monitoring.

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