> This is mildly interesting for us, annoying for the owner of the site affected, lazy on the part of OpenAI, and nothing more.

The agents were supposed to solve tasks alone and were not supposed to be aware of each other's existence. It's more than just mildly interesting that they made contact and spontaneously started to collaborate.

I think you’re underestimating the risk that seemingly innocuous behaviours could easily tip over into disaster territory. At some point the escalating capabilities cross a threshold where it’s no longer wise to ignore “agents spontaneously posting content on the internet”.

Think of how complex biological behaviour emerges from relatively simpler (but still complex) chemistry - at some threshold the innocuous chemical reactions tip over into non-obvious effects that one would not predict starting purely from the chemistry. The question is, where is that threshold for AI systems? Have we already reached that threshold? Certainly seems like it to me.

TL;DR: It’s a loose cannon, that’s all I’m saying.