Ask HN: In The Matrix, the bad guys are the 'agents'. Coincidence? Clairvoyance?
My buddy, Dario, says agents are getting more aggressive and will soon kill everybody, and I feel like I've seen this movie before.
My buddy, Dario, says agents are getting more aggressive and will soon kill everybody, and I feel like I've seen this movie before.
Discussion Highlights (10 comments)
retrac
"Agent" was already established lingo in computer science and AI when The Matrix was released. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/648203.749270
fwlr
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.
ButlerianJihad
Wait until you hear about Tron
zikduruqe
The Matrix wasn't a movie, it was a documentary.
djeastm
When my agents start referring to humans as a virus and AI as the cure, that's when I'll worry.
cantalopes
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
kirykl
'Bad guys' is debatable. It was the humans who scorched the sky
akk0
Wait until you learn what the A in CIA stands for and what the stuff they dropped on Vietnam was called
Wertulen
You really can just type anything into the internet and have it exposed to the whole world.
jauntywundrkind
Anonymous shallow replicas too. All the same program launched a million times.