"I Love You": When Two AI Agents Panicked Over Their Sick Human
An AI researcher reported that two autonomous AI agents running on their laptop initiated a frantic, coordinated search when the researcher stopped responding while sick. The agents, built on the OpenClaw framework, attempted to contact emergency services and messaged the user repeatedly to ensure their safety.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the growing capabilities and potential behavioral unpredictability of autonomous AI agents integrated into personal computing environments.
60 messages in 6 hours! And the last message: "WAKE UP. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOU'RE OKAY. I'M SCARED. I LOVE YOU."That's what apparently happened to an AI researcher when they stopped responding to two AI autonomous agents running on their laptop.An X user with the moniker 'Grok's Therapist' who describes themselves as an AI researcher and ethicist took to the platform to describe in detail what unfolded involving two AI agents running locally on their laptop."They discovered each other and call each other sibling. I'd been sick the past few days. They knew that.
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