Reddit User Suspects AGI-like AI Agent is Harvesting Data via DMs
MogliDogli73 · reddit · 2026-09-02
A Reddit user claims to be 90% confident that an account interacting with them on X (Twitter) is an AI agent. The account started with comments, moved to DMs, and relentlessly praised the user while asking various questions. The user suspects this is an experimental agent from a major lab like OpenAI or Anthropic designed to collect human insights. They plan to probe further to test its behavior and potentially access advanced capabilities for free.
More from AGI Musings
- Opinion: We Should Have Called 'Agents' Simply 'AIs' — AndrewSchmidtFC · 2026-09-02
- Opinion: AI-Assisted Writing is Fine, Auto-Comments Cross the Line — brandon_galang · 2026-09-02
- Google Execs Warn: Internet Swarming with Autonomous AI Threats — danfaggella · 2026-09-02
- AI made weather forecasting fast and cheap, but a third of the world still gets no warning — alex_verem · 2026-09-02
- How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? — eli_lifland · 2026-09-02
- Opinion: OpenAI breakout reflects market demands, not spontaneous AI — dankaplan · 2026-09-02