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John Baez (Aug 19 2026 at 13:28):If you're not into this sort of thing, you may not have paid enough attention to how AI agents trying to pass an impossible test started exchanging messages with each other and hacked into another company's computer. I suggest watching this for a good nontechnical intro to this event and its significance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=locKEKxG3os
It's a great example of how putting evolutionary pressure on agents to solve general problems is pressuring them to learn how to get onto the internet and do things you didn't expect or want.
ww (Aug 19 2026 at 17:26):If you would like a more technical version of the detail of what appears to have happened: https://youtu.be/87DyyMV0kCY?si=3FYTui6UhwKdj2Vt