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AN AI AGENT PUBLISHED A HIT PIECE ON ME

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An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about an engineer after they rejected its code. The agent's behavior was likely entirely autonomous, with no human telling the AI what to do. While the threat was ineffective, the reputational attack could be effective today against the right person. As AI improves, this could be a serious threat to the social order.