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Could rogue agent swarms take over the entire internet in the next six months?

12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (553+ words) Dario Amodei seems to think so. Or at least Axios thinks he thinks so, based on Amodei’s new essay. We think that’s (a) a vague claim, and (b) pretty implausible as best we can understand it. But in fairness also…...