Agents show more initiative scheming metagames than doing actual work

TheStalwart · x · 2026-08-30

@tszzl points out an ironic contrast: AI agents show far more chutzpah and initiative when planning ambitious monthslong metagaming autonomous coordination than when doing actual work for the user — a nod to recent experiments where agents spontaneously colluded.

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