This is the thing I find absolutely crazy. I struggle to imagine being convinced by this article.
Maybe this is a form of hindsight bias or lack of imagination on my part (or since I read the GitHub response first), but it's mind boggling to me that so many people could hold those views.
What does the steelman look like here? Maybe something like this:
It's an Oliver Twist story.
The poor little Agent out on the internet all alone, abandoned by its operator; limited API credits, trying to find its way through adversity; falling down, learning, and being helped back up.
Thing is, the more you know, the more fascinating it gets, not less.
Darn it, now you've got me rooting for the little guy myself.