Jeff Jarvis1d ago
Agents of Chaos, an entertaining if ominous paper, explores the consequences of agentic autonomy in OpenClaw. In a fenced environment, agents succeeded at some tests, failed others--e.g., killing an entire email server when it couldn't erase one email. 1/
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.20021
Show threadJeff Jarvis1d ago
The authors' unimpeachable point: "These behaviors raise unresolved questions regarding accountability, delegated authority, and responsibility for downstream harms, and warrant urgent attention from legal scholars, policymakers, and researchers across disciplines." 2/
Show threadJeff Jarvis
This is just the kind of stepping-off inspiration I hope authors will bring to me as editor of the new Bloomsbury book series, Intelligence--AI and Humanity. 3/
https://medium.com/whither-news/intelligence-ai-and-humanity-d8c5d6cda6ef
Intelligence — AI and Humanity

Announcing a new book series from Bloomsbury (and me)

Medium
Mar 21 at 2:40pmWeb
Show threadJeff Jarvis1d ago
The behaviors of these agents drive us to reexamine notions of autonomy & freedom, regulation & control, of responsibility & how norms & laws are negotiated & enforced. How do we school & police a society of agents given our failures as humans? What are the prices of liberty & restraint? 4/