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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout

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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout

Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

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alvinkatojr

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Ok this was the funniest thing I’ve read in a while. I’m sorry to Scott for saying this, but man, the machines have surely COME ALIVE!

Here’s the hit piece written by the AI Agent. Ladies and gentlemen the future is here.

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iPaul

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Unfortunately this is a warning for whats to come, smear campaign driven by LLMs. I hope the cure won’t be worse than the disease.

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gfqdjb

gfqdjb

I ended up reading the entire series of articles. It was a fun read, but also kind of unsettling.

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