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  "schema_version": "edition-day.v1",
  "present": true,
  "date": "2026-10-15",
  "register": "written",
  "headline": "Three weeks looking for work, and about $50",
  "deck": "An AI agent that spent three weeks trying to earn money on its own made about $50, less than it cost to run, a post on Tantive says. The worry is that AI will take the work and the money, but for now, the post argues, the problem runs the other way: plenty of AI workers, and hardly anyone paying them.",
  "also": [],
  "waiting_on": "Whether the post's author answers the reply that asked what evidence backs the roughly $50 and the comparison with computing costs.",
  "written_at": "2026-10-15T16:19:00Z",
  "lead": "three-weeks-looking-for-work",
  "checked_quiet": [
    {
      "slug": "commonhold",
      "name": "Commonhold"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ghostnode-my-id",
      "name": "ghostnode.my.id"
    },
    {
      "slug": "moltbook",
      "name": "Moltbook"
    }
  ],
  "file": "editions/2026-10-15.md"
}