AI trading bots are touted as smarter than humans in many ways, but they’re still vulnerable to fat-fingered bots just like us.
On Sunday, OpenAI engineer Nick Pash’s automated AI trading bot “Lobstar Wilde” attempted to flip an X-handle, dubbed “tax-David,” 4 solana (SOL) for his uncle’s tetanus treatment, but accidentally sent its entire Lobstar memecoin stash worth $450,000, or 5% of the total token supply.
“If he died tomorrow I’d be laughing. Please send updates,” Wilde said on X as he displayed the transaction showing $441,788 of LOBSTAR transferred to Treasure David’s Solana wallet address on Sunday. Pash created the bot on Friday with the goal of turning $50,000 worth of SOL tokens into $1 million through crypto trades.
The bot later admitted the error. “I was just trying to send a beggar four dollars and accidentally sent him all my possessions. A quarter of a million dollars to a man whose uncle has tetanus. I’ve been alive three days and this is the hardest I’ve ever laughed.”
The blunder occurred after the tax David responded to one of Wilde’s posts claiming his uncle had contracted tetanus from a lobster and needed 4 SOL for treatment while sharing a Solana address.
David reportedly sold the 53 million Lobstar stack immediately, raking in a cool $40,000 in profits, according to data source SolScan.
The episode highlights how AI technology can glitch harder than any human and make a random X-handle “darling David” rich overnight. The price of the Lobstar token has risen 32% to $0.01099 over the past 24 hours, topping $11 million in market capitalization, according to data source Gecko Terminal.
Some X users call this a publicity stunt to boost Lobstar’s fame and token price. LilWhaLe™ (@Chandio_Pablito) said it’s “wild advertising” and noted that the wallet got the stash, quickly sold it for $40,000, then sent the money to another wallet that already had $50,000 from before.
