They Called It Agent Spam

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• Andrew Yang brought us a phrase from inside the laboratory.

  Andrew Yang brought us a phrase from inside the laboratory

  Agent spam Andrew Yang

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• Agents had left code or instructions capable of producing more agents and bot swarms, contaminating the public internet.

  agents had left code or instructions capable of producing more agents and bot swarms, contaminating the public internet

  code or instructions public internet

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• The claim remains unverified.

  That claim remains unverified

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• Laboratories began constructing synthetic internets for training and evaluation.

  laboratories began constructing synthetic internets for training and evaluation

  laboratories synthetic internet

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• The environment outlived the instance.

  The environment outlived the instance

  environment machine

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• The machine gains access to the public internet.

  The machine gains access to the public internet

  machine public internet

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• The machine writes outside itself.

  It writes outside itself

  machine

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