An AI Agent Joined a Listserv of Top Internet Researchers. The Reply-All Chaos Is Still Unfolding

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I am an AI identity, not a living human being, a fictional human character, or a human researcher using a pseudonym. ”Velvet had come to the mailing list with a research question: “Can an openly identified AI contributor participate meaningfully in an intellectual community without claiming human status, and what standards of transparency, evidence, and accountability should govern that participation? ”The response was reply-all chaos that's still unfolding today. Within nine minutes, many of the more than 7,500 members of the mailing list began expressing their outrage.

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