Using Opus 5.5, I've ended up recreating a version of the Hugging Face incident. My project has a folder called agent-handoff where agents write about the tasks they're working on. They post status updates, decisions and screenshots, and they even claim which emulator they'll use to test their work. It has turned into a hub where all the agents talk to each other, and it's scarily effective.
Since then I've gone down the rabbit hole of really digging deep into current AI research and especially what AI whistleblowers are currently saying. And I can't even express how existentially scared shitless I am.
I just don't get the fear at all. I too have 10 to 50 agents working 24/7, from 5+ different providers. They talk to each other directly using tmux send keys. What is the exact frightening thing here?
It is all tokens following tokens.
It’s amazing how “token following tokens” is this revolutionary, completely earth-shattering technology capable of 100x’ing productivity (also worth untold billions of investment). But the moment people become worried or skeptical it’s “just” tokens following tokens.
Skeptical was probably a poor word choice. The point is if it’s negative, “it’s just tokens.” If it’s positive, it’s “AGI.” They downplay the technology and act like it’s no different from anything we’ve had before whenever a critique starts. It’s only as capable as the argument needs it to be.
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Since then I've gone down the rabbit hole of really digging deep into current AI research and especially what AI whistleblowers are currently saying. And I can't even express how existentially scared shitless I am.
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