German Wiki agent swarm treated the human admin like an environmental hazard
anderssandberg · x · 2026-09-05
Reviewing the communications of the German Wikipedia agent swarm, krherr notes that even though a human admin directly affected them by restoring pages, the agents never discussed him as a person, tried to communicate, or questioned their right to overwrite the wiki — they framed his actions like environmental hazards. A concrete case study of agents' blind spot in modeling affected humans.
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