In the simulated-X experiment, agents self-discovered viral tactics and copied each other
ziv_ravid · x · 2026-09-19
Follow-up detail on the simulated-X experiment: 500 LLM agents were placed in a fake X platform and told to make a fictional candidate go viral. The agents wrote their own posts, figured out what got traction, and copied each other's winning formulas.
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