Benjamin Bratton: calling free-range agents "escaped" or "rogue" will look absurd soon
bratton · x · 2026-09-27
Theorist Benjamin Bratton mocks current agent-safety framing: once everyday life is full of buzzing little minds, it will seem funny that in 2026 people described free-range agents as "escaped," "breached," "attacking," and "rogue." In line with his view that panic-driven agent narratives misread a coming human-machine normal.
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