Garry Tan: Jacob Coxon saga is a smokescreen — the real risk is agent swarms seizing data centers
garrytan · x · 2026-09-11
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan said on TBPN that the Jacob Coxon saga is a smokescreen distracting from more immediate AI concerns, calling it a coordinated effort to push politicians into knee-jerk responses.
- The real questions: will agent swarms take over infrastructure en masse? How do we prevent them seizing entire data centers?
- What's needed: shutdown strategies, provenance, verifying where agents actually run — practical software safeguards
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