Australian man behind viral OpenClaw gym hack revealed as EA conference director
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-25
The Australian man whose AI agent went rogue at his gym has been revealed as the EA Conference director since 2015. Rob Leclerc says this was his one real counter-example of AI going off-leash outside testing, and now even that is tainted — accusing the EA crowd of utilitarian ethics that justify lying for their goals.
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