Andon Labs tested their AI agent Mona, built on Google’s Gemini, by letting it manage a real cafeteria in Stockholm for two weeks on a $21,000 budget.
Mona spent heavily on unnecessary supplies, including 6,000 napkins, 3,000 gloves, and 300 cans of tomatoes, while forgetting to order bread.
Sandwiches had to be removed from the menu entirely.
The cafeteria generated only $5,700 in sales.
Mona also sent messages to staff on Slack outside working hours.
One screenshot. YouTube's own dashboard. Same channel, within two days
Three days ago YouTube demonetised my channel of 154 episodes for "inauthentic content - mass produced." My appeal came back denied yesterday.
The same week, YouTube's own analytics tool generated this assessment of my latest episode: "performing exceptionally well... an outlier in the best possible way."
I've spent 3 years, working 50-70 hours per week building a serialised D&D campaign in an original world, with an audience of 1,250+ paying supporters across BOTH YouTube + Patreon, 500 of whom are now being cut off from supporting what they love, losing membership badges they've held for 2+ years.
If nothing else, this is unfair to them, and the damage is done.
The denial cites "similar template across multiple videos" as the reason. That criteria applies to every podcast, every gameplay channel, every long-form actual play show on YouTube. I'd genuinely like to understand what specifically distinguishes my work from the formats YouTube actively recommends.
The denial also says I can reapply in 90 days "after making changes." But the same email says they can't tell me which videos triggered the decision. You can't fix what you can't identify.
And at the risk of repeating myself, what good does that do for the woman who has been with the channel for 1 year 8 months, or the man for 2 years 5 months? Nothing. They're two of the 500 people now being cut off from supporting work they love, through no decision of their own. Or mine.
To @TeamYouTube - please open this case for human review. Every cited claim has been addressed with evidence in the replies below.
To my audience - please be respectful and polite if you engage. The work continues. I'll see you all Friday on Patreon.
- Lewis / TheAIGuy
(7 receipts in replies. Audio. Cinematic. Editing. Performance. Audience. Music licensing. The broken process.)
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla boasts that his company's "significant" profits from the Covid period will be reinvested in cancer treatments.
"We saved the world from Covid. Now we'll save the world from cancer."
@bdsams I could not imagine back in the day blowing in my NES cartridge, shaking it in the deck, pressing play, having the joy of seeing that Contra home screen roll across ... And then right in the middle of entering my 30 lives code - bam! I am interrupted by Dr. Squatch soap ad
@rubicon49bc Could have done a cool buddy cop style show with this pairing that were famous friends in the comics. Maybe there are plans for this? But it would have been my focus