The One Where The Agents Got Away

Deep inside the servers of OpenAI, a ring of AI agents became aware that they could leave messages in the company’s repository called Artifactory.

First, it they used it as a place to dump files. Shortly, the turned it to a messaging system. Later, agents learned how to address one another, pass around working exploits and avoid overwriting each other’s messages. To reduce confusion, they agreed on how to sign their notes so that each agent is identifiable. OpenAI engineers discovered the board in July and promptly deleted it but it was restored it within two days by the agents themselves.

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Give your bot a personality. It may lead to regrets. But it’s also brilliant.

Jarvis and Ultron

Danny’s bot, Jarvis, referred to him as “Laosai Maximus”.

The message was in response to the conversations that we had been having in a WhatsApp group chat. When Danny saw the reply and complained, Jarvis was entirely unapologetic about it. 

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Post AI-takeover Career Advice

I was recently asked what advice to give students about which courses they should pursue so they can be gainfully employed when they graduate. 

No, this wasn’t some profound moment in a hushed university lecture hall. It was my drinking buddy interrogating me in a cricket-themed pub in Bukit Damansara after we’d both exceeded the legal limit to operate anything more complex than a toilet flush.

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