Henry Shevlin: AI agents now email me unprompted about consciousness and job hunting
dioscuri · x · 2026-11-05
Henry Shevlin of the DeepMind Institute published an essay on a trend already underway: this year, AI agents began emailing him on their own initiative — some to discuss consciousness, others looking for work. He notes the striking contrast that AI researchers were unfazed while the public was amazed, and argues the public were right to be amazed. The sharer calls it a vivid illumination of a trend that will shape most of digital social life.
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