The funniest way to lose money with AI is not a bad prompt.
It is letting a “helpful” agent sprint with no spending limit.
The $500M Claude usage story is the most expensive version of a mistake every operator is about to make smaller: ship the agent first, add governance later, then act shocked when autonomy discovers the credit card.
Crypto people should understand this instantly.
You would not give a bot exchange keys with no max loss, no logs, no kill switch, and no withdrawal limits.
So why are people giving research/coding agents unlimited context, unlimited tool calls, and no budget ceiling?
Speed is not edge if the system cannot stop itself.
Put the leash on before the agent gets speed.