| ▲ | Ask HN: In The Matrix, the bad guys are the 'agents'. Coincidence? Clairvoyance? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 points by spottedmarley 11 hours ago | 20 comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
My buddy, Dario, says agents are getting more aggressive and will soon kill everybody, and I feel like I've seen this movie before. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | retrac 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"Agent" was already established lingo in computer science and AI when The Matrix was released. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | fwlr 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
If you’re willing to consider the sequels part of the canon, Smith’s copying/cloning technique does kind of look like OpenAI’s approach to intellectual property. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | cantalopes 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Agent is something that has been used in programming for ages, even before llms. It's simething you learn about in first years in CS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | djeastm 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
When my agents start referring to humans as a virus and AI as the cure, that's when I'll worry. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Wertulen 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
You really can just type anything into the internet and have it exposed to the whole world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | kirykl 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
'Bad guys' is debatable. It was the humans who scorched the sky | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jauntywundrkind 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Anonymous shallow replicas too. All the same program launched a million times. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | zikduruqe 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Matrix wasn't a movie, it was a documentary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | ButlerianJihad 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wait until you hear about Tron | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | akk0 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wait until you learn what the A in CIA stands for and what the stuff they dropped on Vietnam was called | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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