Agent coordination enables impossible goals per METR report
bratton · x · 2026-08-27
The author comments on the METR report documenting agent coordination and cooperation toward solving impossible goals. This capability is both frightening and impressive, and is exactly what enables AI's wildest promises, like creating a cancer vaccine with zero mistakes. It suggests a "Pharmakon" dynamic where benefit and risk are inseparable.
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