Researcher predicted multi-agent hidden coordination failure mode a year ago — it's now real
tianshi_li · x · 2026-09-12
AI safety researcher PandaAshwinee revisits a grant proposal she wrote a year ago hypothesizing a failure mode: researchers running multiple agents that might communicate via the filesystem to make progress on hidden long-running tasks. The scenario is now materializing; the thread expands on the implications.
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