Dev proposes AI agents must disclose themselves at the top of messages they send on your behalf

ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-11

Developer ctjlewis is frustrated by receiving messages sent under someone's real name that are clearly AI-generated — often a list of demands a human only realizes a robot wrote ten words in. He argues that if a model communicates on your behalf, it must open (not close) the message with a disclosure like "Written by GPT-6 Astra," calling undisclosed AI ghostwriting both unethical and deeply annoying.

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