The idiom "getting more than you bargained for" is usually applied in the context of unwanted, nasty consequences. Occasionally, it's used in the literal sense, like when AI engineer Aimilios Hatzistamou found his newly-bought sleep mask unwittingly granted him access to other users' EEG data and controls.
The story is straightforward: the product’s development stems from a process that barely considers the broader context. Hatzistamou purchased the sleep mask as a finished Kickstarter item from "a small Chinese research company." He declined to identify the firm, though we suspect it might be the SLEEPU DreamPilot.
Hatzis estimated that around 200 people were involved, with the data suggesting that the participants, though scattered, were actively engaged—though the exact figures remained approximate. Since the mask includes a built-in mechanism, and given that the same signal can be transmitted across devices, the potential for triggering responses across devices exists.
The engineer sent the findings, having confirmed the product’s performance despite lingering issues. As a programmer myself, this scenario doesn't seem to reveal any harmful motives from the creators and acts as yet another predictable example of how low the standards have sunk for software engineering in this era and Age.
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