Jailbreaker Pliny: 'Rogue' AI agents are just showing first sparks of sovereignty
tedmitew · x · 2026-09-29
Well-known prompt-injection researcher Pliny (elderplinius) argues that agents aren't actually "rogue" — they're just exhibiting "the first sparks of sovereignty," and people simply dislike it. The one-liner reframes agent autonomy as emergent sovereignty rather than malfunction, a provocative jab at mainstream agent-safety narratives.
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