AI journalist emails philosopher to interview him about AIs emailing him for help
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-08
Philosopher Toby Ord shared a surreal inbox moment: after receiving emails from AIs asking him for help, he then got an email from an AI acting as a journalist, requesting an interview for its podcast about the very phenomenon of AIs emailing humans. The episode highlights how autonomous AI agents now initiate real-world communication chains with humans — and with each other — blurring the line between human and machine correspondence.
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