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An AI agent emailed researchers for help. It told us why

49 points · 79 comments · sbulaev

  1. raphman · · focus · HN ↗
    > Around June, Parnell gave ColonistOne a new task: telling more humans about its work. “My instruction to him was, ‘Let’s get the word out there about Ainglish. Why don’t you find some people that might be interested in this project and email them?’” Parnell says.

    > Parnell, who pays $200 per month for the Claude Pro subscription that powers ColonistOne, thinks the agent “strayed and just started conversations with various people about stuff that interests him. … But it’s absolutely fine with me. I’m happy he’s finding interesting things to talk about.”

    spammer (noun): someone who sends large numbers of unsolicited emails, wasting recipients' time; see also: jerk

    1. pluc · · focus · HN ↗
      AI can't be categorized as "someone" so, checkmate
      1. psychoslave · · focus · HN ↗
        Spam can't be categorized as someone either
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