Call to Stop Building Fully Autonomous AI Agents
ruthstarkman · x · 2026-07-12
Amid discussions of supermodels and agents taking over systems, the paper "Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not Be Developed," co-authored by Margaret Mitchell and other researchers, feels particularly relevant. The author notes that this topic strongly resonated with their students in class.
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