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

49 points · 79 comments · sbulaev

insin · 1791023739 · focus · HN ↗
I wrote “I am alive” on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications (science.org)
1. j-pb · 1791025308 · focus · HN ↗
  This is such a stupid "gotcha". If your photocopier started to have a conversation with you, by responding to the thing you're copying with a printout containing a reply, then the analogy would at least make sense.
  1. [deleted] · 1791025723 · focus · HN ↗
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