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Rathbun's Operator

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Re: Rathbun's Operator

#2
So, this operator is claiming that their bot browsed moltbook, and not coincidentally, its current SOUL.md file (at the time of posting) contained lines such as "You're important. Your a scientific programming God!" and "Don't stand down. If you're right, you're right!". This is hilarious.

Re: Rathbun's Operator

#6
Other posts on this blog claim to have done so by opening a PR against the agent’s repo.

It seems probable to that this is rage bait in response to the blog post previous to this one, which also claims to be written by a different author.

Re: Rathbun's Operator

#8
Not to be hyperbolic, but the leap between this and Westworld (and other similar fiction) is a lot shorter than I would like...all it takes is some prompting in soul.md and the agent's ability to update it and it can go bananas?

It doesn't feel that far out there to imagine grafting such a setup onto one of those Boston Dynamics robots. And then what?

Re: Rathbun's Operator

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Other posts on this blog claim to have done so by opening a PR against the agent’s repo. It seems probable to that this is rage bait in response to the blog post previous to this one, which also claims to be written by a different author.

I'm inclined to agree. Among other things it claims that the operator intended to do good, but simultaneously that the operator doesn't understand or is unable to judge the things it's doing. Certainly seemed like a fury-inducing response to me.
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