Ask HN: What are your creative context bombs to make AI agents pay?
I just read this - https://agentic.tracebit.com/factory/ And wondered for a while that this almost exactly what we were up to when script kiddies began to probe all services/servers in order to defend, buy time, and make them at least pay. The AI agents are more powerful and smarter than the python script bots.. What are your creative ideas to tarot these AI attackers? How could one make it harder/impractical/confusing for an AI agent to grab any service/data intended for a human?
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2026-10-27 06:30:15.264Z
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Reported problem
Source account: I just read this - https://agentic.tracebit.com/factory/ And wondered for a while that this almost exactly what we were up to when script kiddies began to probe all services/servers in order to defend, buy time, and make them at least pay. The AI agents are more powerful and smarter than the python script bots.. What are your creative ideas to tarot these AI attackers? How could one make it harder/impractical/confusing for an AI agent to grab any service/data intended for a human?
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Recorded author: reacharavindh. Source votes: 1 votes (Oct 27, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 1 (Oct 27, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Ask HN: Is there hope against slop?” (Hacker News, Nov 13, 2026); “[问与答] 威科夫分析 agent: 自动画线标注股票分析” (V2EX, Nov 12, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
Demand hypothesis
Treat the reported task or obstacle as an interview lead. A feature request, complaint or search for alternatives does not by itself identify a budget owner or willingness to pay.
Commercial evidence gaps
Missing evidence: distinct affected users, repeated occasions, current workaround, measured time or money cost, purchasing authority and a response to a concrete offer.
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Group original reports by the same task and deduplicate authors and reposts. Ask how the task is handled today and what it costs; test a defined offer before claiming paid demand.